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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1,285 approved · 330 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 High View Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HL
Received 2 Jun 20256 Sollershott West Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PX
Received 2 Jun 2025Trinity Cottage Ley Green Kings Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8LT
Received 2 Jun 20252 Coombelands Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DW
Received 24 Jun 2025Land At Old Westbury West View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3NB
Received 3 Jun 2025Land At And To The Rear Of 41-79 Broadwater Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 3 Jun 2025Flat 1 14 Hitchin Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AE
Received 4 Jul 20255 Benchley Hill Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0NJ
Received 13 Jun 2025Marshfield Barn New Inn Road Hinxworth Hertfordshire SG7 5HB
Received 13 Jun 2025The Barn Stony Lane Tea Green Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8PS
Received 4 Jun 2025Suite 3 34 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LA
Received 11 Jun 202595a Walsworth Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SU
Received 5 Jun 20259 Eastholm Green Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4TW
Received 5 Jun 2025Raymond House Upper Green Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3YE
Received 23 Jun 2025Land On The South Of Oughtonhead Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2NA
Received 5 Jun 2025Land North Of And Adjacent To Old Well Cottage Southern Green Rushden Hertfordshire SG9 0SY
Received 5 Jun 2025The Clock Barn Maydencroft Lane Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QD
Received 11 Jun 202520 Lavender Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2LU
Received 5 Jun 2025116 Hampshire Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9FU
Received 6 Jun 20254 New Cottage Stagenhoe Park St Pauls Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8DB
Received 4 Nov 202512 Mermaid Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0ET
Received 6 Jun 2025Telecommunication Masts At Ivy Farm Over The Level Crossing Baldock Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9NU
Received 6 Jun 202522 Hodwell Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5QQ
Received 6 Jun 202575 Weston Way Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6HB
Received 6 Jun 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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