Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
1,297 approved · 333 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
90 Walsworth Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SX
Received 31 Jul 2025Hillcrest And Land At Tussocks The Causeway Therfield SG8 9PP
Received 31 Jul 2025Land At 1-36 Freemans Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2PA
Received 23 Jul 2025Ramridge Farm Luton Road Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8HB
Received 31 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 31 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Royston Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 31 Jul 202516 Blackmore Way Blackmore End Hertfordshire AL4 8LJ
Received 18 Aug 2025Land West Of Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EB
Received 31 Jul 2025The Dial West Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QP
Received 30 Jul 2025Harrington Cottage Church Lane Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7LS
Received 31 Jul 20257 The Finches Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PB
Received 30 Jul 20252 Pix Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PX
Received 21 Aug 202565 Willoughby Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LQ
Received 30 Jul 202540 The Leas Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6HZ
Received 13 Aug 202529 Turnpike Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3XB
Received 31 Jul 2025Land North West Of The Old Coach House And Opposite Maydencroft Cottage Maydencroft Lane Gosmore Hertfordshire SG4 7QA
Received 1 Aug 20254 Oakfields Avenue Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NP
Received 2 Sept 202544 Cowslip Hill Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4EZ
Received 27 Apr 202619 Bedford Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4DJ
Received 12 Aug 2025Former The Princess Helena College School Lane Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ
Received 4 Aug 2025Land East Of 2 Scarp Close Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5FP
Received 18 Aug 2025217 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2UE
Received 18 Aug 202515 Clothall Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6PB
Received 4 Aug 2025Kingsway Solar Melbourn Road Royston Hertfordshire
Received 4 Aug 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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