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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.
1,328 approved · 352 refused · 126 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 2023 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
117 Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4AR
Received 23 Jan 20266 Linten Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PA
Received 26 Jan 202626a Whitehorse Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6QQ
Received 26 Jan 202619 Station Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3SF
Received 26 Jan 2026Windmill House Bennetts Lane Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SH
Received 26 Jan 202653a High Street Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AJ
Received 26 Jan 2026Toyldfor Heathfield Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1SY
Received 5 Feb 20267 Wymondley Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PW
Received 4 Feb 2026War Memorial Lucas Lane Ashwell Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jan 2026Ashwell Cemetery Station Road Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5LW
Received 26 Jan 2026St Marys Church Mill Street Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5LY
Received 26 Jan 20264 Clothall Corner Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6FN
Received 27 Jan 2026Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB
Received 27 Jan 202680 London Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6HB
Received 16 Mar 202631 Stevenage Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NN
Received 27 Jan 2026Langham Church Lane Barkway Hertfordshire SG8 8EJ
Received 27 Jan 202618 Martin Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4XU
Received 27 Jan 202621 St Katherines Close Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3XS
Received 27 Jan 2026The Three Horseshoes Willian Road Willian Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2AE
Received 3 Feb 202658 Dacre Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QL
Received 6 Feb 2026Fen Farm Rabley Heath Road Codicote Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9UA
Received 4 Feb 2026104 Ridge Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PT
Received 27 Jan 202621 Alexandra Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RB
Received 27 Jan 2026Evangelistic Church York Way Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5HJ
Received 10 Feb 2026Records 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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