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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.
1,329 approved · 352 refused · 126 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 -13 Salix Close Welwyn Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026Libre View Bell Lane Nuthampstead Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8ND
Received 10 Feb 2026Tussocks The Causeway Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9PP
Received 28 Jan 202623 The Rowans Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6HL
Received 28 Jan 2026St Marys Church Hall Church Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5AE
Received 16 Apr 2026Tesco Extra Superstore 58 High Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6BN
Received 27 Mar 202617 Bedford Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3XH
Received 10 Feb 2026106 Kings Hedges Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2QH
Received 10 Feb 2026Barns At Winch Hill Farm Winch Hill Road Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8PA
Received 11 Feb 202620 Langbridge Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EL
Received 29 Jan 2026Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB
Received 29 Jan 2026Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB
Received 29 Jan 2026Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB
Received 29 Jan 202657 Gernon Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3HS
Received 5 Feb 2026Bibbsworth Hall Farm Bibbs Hall Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EN
Received 3 Mar 2026Tudor House Poynders End Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RX
Received 18 Feb 202681 Ridge Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1QF
Received 30 Jan 2026Morrisons Superstore Broadway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3TS
Received 30 Jan 202621 Broughton Hill Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1QB
Received 30 Jan 20261 High Street Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7LE
Received 30 Jan 2026Barkway Golf Club Nuthampstead Road Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EN
Received 5 Feb 2026Land Off Milksey Lane Graveley Hertfordshire
Received 23 Jan 2026Elm Tree Farmhouse Hambridge Way Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QS
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Between Spring Road And Broadway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PT
Received 30 Jan 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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