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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1,292 approved · 331 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12A Deards End Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NL
Received 26 Jun 202538 Benslow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RE
Received 26 Jun 202513 Poplar Drive Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7HU
Received 30 Jun 202535 Stamford Avenue Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DD
Received 10 Jul 20252 Yardley Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2SR
Received 4 Jul 202522 Baldock Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JP
Received 26 Jun 202550 Cotswold Drive Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6GT
Received 26 Jun 2025The Vicarage 4 Bury Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8XT
Received 27 Jun 2025Trinity Cottage Ley Green Kings Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8LT
Received 27 Jun 2025Site Of Former Downs Barns Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EE
Received 27 Jun 202545 Benslow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RE
Received 30 Jun 202556 Blackhorse Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EN
Received 30 Jun 202510 Whitethorn Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2DN
Received 30 Jun 202529 Dacre Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QJ
Received 30 Jun 20256 Newmarket Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DY
Received 30 Jun 2025Gannock Green Farm House Gannock Green Gannock Road Sandon Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0RH
Received 11 Jul 202593A Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1NQ
Received 21 Aug 2025Our Lady And St Andrews Rc Church 16 Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QS
Received 30 Jun 20256 The Beeches Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HU
Received 30 Jun 2025Land To The East Side Of Maydencroft Gardens Gosmore Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jun 2025Land To The East Side Of Maydencroft Gardens Gosmore Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jun 202515 Garden Lane Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9EH
Received 2 Jul 2025Unit 2 121 - 123 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LS
Received 3 Jul 202568 Dacre Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QL
Received 20 Aug 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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