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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1,292 approved · 332 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Fox And Duck Police Row Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9PN
Received 22 Jul 2025Moonshine Southern Green Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SX
Received 22 Jul 2025Site Of Former Foundation House Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1UD
Received 7 Jul 2025Wilshere Dacre Junior School Fishponds Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1NS
Received 7 Jul 202510 The Copperfields Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BH
Received 20 Aug 202521 Mendip Way Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6GG
Received 7 Jul 2025Laundry Cottage Stud Hitchin Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QL
Received 7 Jul 202534 Chatterton Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2JY
Received 8 Jul 202527 St Johns Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9JP
Received 8 Jul 2025Friends Green Farm Friends Green Damask Green Road Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BU
Received 11 Jul 2025Land Between Bush Wood And Rokey Wood High Street Reed Hertfordshire
Received 8 Jul 2025100 Whinbush Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1PN
Received 8 Jul 2025Land To The East Of Foxholes And Gainsford House And On The West Side Of Crow Furlong Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 16 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 8 Jul 2025Studlands High Street Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HT
Received 8 Jul 20252 - 4 Commerce Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3DN
Received 23 Jul 202530 Nursery Hill St Andrews Place Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9GD
Received 9 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 9 Jul 2025Caxton Villa 14 Park Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6PF
Received 10 Jul 202570 St Albans Road Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UU
Received 10 Jul 2025Sun Hill Barn 3D Sun Hill Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9AU
Received 30 Jul 202522 Wymondley Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PN
Received 10 Jul 202520 The Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RJ
Received 9 Jul 202580 Willian Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0LT
Received 10 Jul 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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