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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.
1,309 approved · 342 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Ickleford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1TR
Received 20 Oct 20258 St Albans Road Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UT
Received 20 Oct 202598 Norton Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AG
Received 20 Oct 2025The Green Man 5 High Street Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3AR
Received 20 Oct 2025185 Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4AA
Received 20 Oct 2025Risden Cottage Treacle Lane Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SL
Received 20 Oct 202563a Benslow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9QZ
Received 20 Oct 2025Westbury Farm House West End Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5PJ
Received 20 Oct 2025114 West View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3QJ
Received 20 Oct 202523 Harkness Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QJ
Received 20 Oct 2025Land Opposite Wymondley Grid Station And To The South Of Sperberry Hill St Ippolyts Hertfordshire
Received 20 Oct 2025150-152 London Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6EY
Received 28 Oct 202547 High Street Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AJ
Received 20 Oct 2025Willow Cottage Bell Lane Nuthampstead Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8ND
Received 31 Oct 2025Pease House Tilehouse Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2DX
Received 31 Oct 2025146 Wymondley Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9QQ
Received 21 Oct 2025Lammas Cottage Police Row Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9QE
Received 21 Oct 2025137 Mendip Way Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6GD
Received 21 Oct 2025137 Mendip Way Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6GD
Received 21 Oct 2025United Reformed Church High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NP
Received 21 Oct 202545 Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8YE
Received 22 Oct 2025Chez Nous Harveys Hill Lane Luffenhall Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7PX
Received 22 Oct 20259 Ransom Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AX
Received 22 Oct 2025School House School Lane Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3AT
Received 12 Nov 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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