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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.
1,292 approved · 331 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Daisy Barn Treacle Lane Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SL
Received 3 Sept 2025Daisy Barn Treacle Lane Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SL
Received 3 Sept 202557 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NP
Received 3 Jul 2025Weston Village Green Maiden Street Weston Hertfordshire
Received 23 Jun 2025The Bothy Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JG
Received 17 Jun 2025Keepers Cottage 2A Orchard Way Breachwood Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8NT
Received 23 Jun 2025The Grange Academy Sparhawke Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4PY
Received 25 Jul 2025Land On The South Of Oughtonhead Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2NA
Received 23 Jun 202540C Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AQ
Received 24 Jun 2025Weston Village Green Maiden Street Weston Hertfordshire
Received 24 Jun 2025Land Adj Village Green And Red Lion PH Maiden Street Weston Hertfordshire
Received 24 Jun 202527 St Marys Park Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7XB
Received 24 Jun 202553A Melbourn Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DF
Received 24 Jun 202548 The Bury Bury Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8GG
Received 24 Jun 2025The Croft Arch Road Great Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7EU
Received 24 Jun 2025The Cottage Upper Green Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3YF
Received 24 Jun 202544 Manton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NP
Received 26 Jun 2025Land At Police Row Between The Grange And 1 The Grange Police Row Therfield Hertfordshire
Received 24 Jun 202565 Periwinkle Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1TZ
Received 27 Jun 2025Rear Of 36 Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BG
Received 1 Jul 202584 Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RL
Received 25 Jun 202566 Park Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6PW
Received 25 Jun 202544 Poplar Drive Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7ER
Received 29 Jul 2025Land To The East Side Of Maydencroft Gardens Gosmore Hertfordshire
Received 26 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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