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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.
1,320 approved · 345 refused · 123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 2023 to 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21B Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JW
Received 5 Dec 20259 Westell Close Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6RY
Received 26 Mar 20263 Highover Cottages Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ
Received 23 Dec 202580 Hermitage Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1DB
Received 17 Dec 202527 Hawthorn Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BW
Received 22 Dec 202533 The Sycamores Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5BJ
Received 8 Dec 202518 Passingham Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LD
Received 8 Dec 202566 Danescroft Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4RQ
Received 12 Dec 2025Hexton Manor Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JH
Received 27 Jan 2026Hexton Manor Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JH
Received 8 Dec 202578 Wymondley Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PT
Received 8 Dec 20258 Maytrees Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LR
Received 8 Dec 2025Barn To The West Of Bedford Road Holwell Hertfordshire
Received 16 Apr 20262 Snailswell Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3TP
Received 23 Dec 2025Rye End Farm Green Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8SU
Received 12 Dec 2025Rye End Farm Green Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8SU
Received 8 Dec 2025Land At 30 And 32 To 37 Inclusive And Land Adjacent 37 Garden Fields Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3DF
Received 9 Dec 2025Land South East Of 8 St Marys Rise Breachwood Green Hertfordshire SG4 8PN
Received 9 Dec 202536 Coleridge Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QX
Received 9 Dec 2025Land At Fear End Fears Green Sandon Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0QY
Received 16 Dec 2025Sollershott Lodge Sollershott East Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3GY
Received 10 Dec 2025Barn House Turnpike Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UZ
Received 10 Dec 20252 - 4 Commerce Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3DN
Received 17 Dec 20252 Langbridge Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EL
Received 10 Dec 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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