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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.
1,319 approved · 344 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hitchin Library Paynes Park Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1EW
Received 12 Nov 202523 Pondcroft Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6DB
Received 13 Nov 202543 London Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6NB
Received 13 Nov 2025The Old Cottage West Lane Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3AJ
Received 18 Dec 2025Land At Corner Of Protea Way And Pixmore Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 7 Nov 2025Land At Corner Of Protea Way And Pixmore Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 7 Nov 202529 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JW
Received 13 Nov 2025Land At Corner Of Protea Way And Pixmore Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 7 Nov 2025Land At Corner Of Protea Way And Pixmore Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 7 Nov 2025Land At Corner Of Protea Way And Pixmore Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 7 Nov 2025Unit 7a Lasor Building Baldock Industrial Estate Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6NG
Received 5 Dec 202537 Haymoor Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4HS
Received 13 Nov 202531 Mercia Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6RZ
Received 13 Nov 202529 Stockens Green Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6DQ
Received 9 Dec 202554 Grove Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1SF
Received 21 Nov 202521 St Katherines Close Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3XS
Received 13 Nov 20258 Icknield Walk Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7JG
Received 24 Nov 20254 Mill Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RG
Received 24 Nov 2025White Beams Police Row Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9QE
Received 14 Nov 202530a Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QU
Received 14 Nov 202546 Ansell Grange Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3FX
Received 17 Nov 202525 St Johns Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9JP
Received 14 Nov 202536a Broadwater Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3HF
Received 14 Nov 202532 Stockens Dell Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6BG
Received 14 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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