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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.
1,297 approved · 332 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hawthorns Bedford Road Holwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RX
Received 20 Aug 2025Telecommunications Mast Adjacent To Pumping Station London Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire
Received 24 Jul 2025Land At Police Row Between The Grange And 1 The Grange Police Row Therfield Hertfordshire
Received 24 Jul 2025Walnut Tree Farm Luffenhall Luffenhall Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7PX
Received 24 Jul 2025Walnut Tree Farm Luffenhall Luffenhall Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7PX
Received 24 Jul 2025Glebe Road Industrial Estate Glebe Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1BT
Received 1 Sept 20251 Chambers Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3YA
Received 25 Jul 20254 Sturrock Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0EP
Received 25 Jul 202519 Tristram Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BH
Received 25 Jul 202578 High Street Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8XD
Received 25 Jul 2025Land South Of 22 Picknage Road Barley Hertfordshire SG8 8HP
Received 25 Jul 2025Land To The East Of Foxholes And Gainsford House And On The West Side Of Crow Furlong Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 25 Jul 2025Maran Cottage 145 - 149 High Street Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UB
Received 18 Aug 202543 Bearton Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1UL
Received 19 Aug 20251 Seven Roes Malting Park Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6YJ
Received 7 Aug 202529 Hillcrest Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6NE
Received 28 Jul 202510 Springhead Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0LJ
Received 29 Jul 2025The Pump House Royston Road Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8BX
Received 29 Jul 2025190 Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6PS
Received 29 Jul 2025190 Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6PS
Received 29 Jul 2025Church Farm House Bennetts Lane Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SQ
Received 29 Jul 2025Roysia Lodge Roman Way Academy Burns Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5EQ
Received 11 Aug 20252 Chime Dell Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8BS
Received 29 Jul 20251a Hampden Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8QH
Received 29 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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