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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.
1,315 approved · 343 refused · 121 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 5 Nov 2025The Green Ashwell Road Newnham Hertfordshire SG7 5JY
Received 5 Nov 20257 Masefield Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QB
Received 18 Nov 2025Frogmore Bottom Cottages Frogmore Bottom Road Kings Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8NN
Received 6 Nov 2025Land Between 53 And 81 And Land Rear Of 7-53 Waterdell Lane St Ippolyts Hertfordshire
Received 6 Nov 2025Land Between Priory Farm And Wymondley Substation Blakemore End Road Little Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 6 Nov 2025Strathmore 12 Hitchin Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3LL
Received 6 Nov 2025Site Of Former Foundation House Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1UD
Received 7 Nov 202510 Bedford Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4DJ
Received 7 Nov 2025Land Adj To Bus Shelter At Junction Of Green Lane Station Road Ashwell Hertfordshire
Received 7 Nov 20258 Ransom Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AX
Received 7 Nov 2025Bury Mead Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DL
Received 7 Nov 2025Bury Mead Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DL
Received 7 Nov 2025Bury Mead Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DL
Received 7 Nov 2025Forge House Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7AA
Received 7 Nov 2025Land At Corner Of Protea Way And Pixmore Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 7 Nov 2025Marshfield Barn New Inn Road Hinxworth Hertfordshire SG7 5HB
Received 14 Nov 202584 West Hill Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HX
Received 1 Dec 2025198 Nevells Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4TZ
Received 10 Nov 20255 Football Close Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5AH
Received 24 Nov 202547 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EB
Received 10 Nov 202524 Stane Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6TS
Received 10 Nov 2025Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 10 Nov 2025Brookend Farm House Stevenage Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NU
Received 10 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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