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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Hertfordshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,285 approved · 330 refused · 117 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
27 - 29 Whitehorse Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6QF
Received 12 May 202539 Waysbrook Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2DT
Received 22 May 20251 Poynders Meadow Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UJ
Received 22 May 2025Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 15 May 2025Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 15 May 20257 Willow Close Reed Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8BA
Received 23 May 2025Applecroft 6 Willow Court Baldock Lane Willian Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2GA
Received 23 May 2025Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ
Received 24 Jun 2025Offley Stores Luton Road Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3DD
Received 23 May 2025Brainkind Neurological Care Centre, Stagenhoe Park St Pauls Walden Hertfordshire SG4 8BZ
Received 16 Jun 202525 Westbury Place Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3SS
Received 23 May 202517 Benslow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RE
Received 26 May 20254 Alexandra Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RB
Received 5 Jun 202583 Balmoral Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XQ
Received 9 Jun 202564 Kimpton Road Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LH
Received 9 Jun 2025106 Norton Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AH
Received 26 May 2025158 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JN
Received 27 May 20258 The Aspens Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NB
Received 27 May 2025Treyford 30 Hitchin Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3LX
Received 27 May 202511 Oakfields Avenue Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NP
Received 27 May 202518 Grimstone Road Little Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7HH
Received 27 May 2025Royston Manor House 14 Melbourn Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7BZ
Received 9 Jul 20254 Hawthorn Hill Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4HE
Received 4 Jun 202511 Station Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5BU
Received 27 May 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North Hertfordshire District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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