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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.
1,288 approved · 330 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Periwinkle Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1TZ
Received 6 Jun 2025Hitchin Garden Centre Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JX
Received 6 Jun 202584 Grovelands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QZ
Received 6 Jun 2025Keepers Cottage 2A Orchard Way Breachwood Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8NT
Received 25 Jun 202517 Birds Hill Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PL
Received 8 Sept 2025Agnell House Bendish Lane Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8HX
Received 9 Jun 202529 The Chilterns Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PP
Received 9 Jun 2025Weston Park Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BX
Received 9 Jun 20252 Lower Gower Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5EA
Received 9 Jun 2025Stansted Airport Ltd Enterprise House Bassingbourn Road London Stansted Airport Stansted CM24 1QW
Received 9 Jun 2025Former Morrisons Building Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AY
Received 9 Jun 2025Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 9 Jun 202556 Grimstone Road Little Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7HJ
Received 18 Jun 2025St Aidans Gosmore Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EZ
Received 10 Jun 202512 Hopewell Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5AA
Received 17 Jun 2025Whitehorse Service Station Clothall Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6PD
Received 1 Jul 2025Rustling End Farm Rustling End Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TD
Received 4 Aug 2025Rustling End Farm Rustling End Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TD
Received 4 Aug 202583 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HP
Received 10 Jul 2025Rustling End Farm Rustling End Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TD
Received 10 Jun 202513 Eastcheap Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3DA
Received 10 Jun 202528 Croft Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AP
Received 11 Jun 2025Chapel Green Sewage Treatment Works Rooks Nest Lane Therfield Royston Hertfordshire
Received 11 Jun 2025Land To The West Of Lucas Lane And East Of Headlands Grays Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HR
Received 11 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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