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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.
1,299 approved · 335 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Church House Chequers Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7TY
Received 7 Aug 20255 Oaktree Close Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3XY
Received 20 Aug 202512 Stormont Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1SJ
Received 21 Aug 202542 Back Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5PE
Received 8 Aug 20251A Hampden Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8QH
Received 29 Jul 2025Medlow Farm Colemans Road Breachwood Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8PA
Received 26 Aug 2025Gosmore End House Hitchin Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QH
Received 26 Aug 20258 Chiltern Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PL
Received 8 Aug 202550 Moss Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2QP
Received 8 Aug 2025137 Mendip Way Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6GD
Received 20 Aug 202546 Melbourn Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DF
Received 8 Aug 202536 Farthing Drive Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2TR
Received 8 Aug 202593 Wellingham Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2UN
Received 8 Aug 202511 Westholm Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JB
Received 20 Aug 2025Bondor Business Centre London Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6HP
Received 15 Oct 2025Radcliffe Arms 31 Walsworth Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9ST
Received 2 Sept 202524 Dale Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AS
Received 11 Aug 2025Barn Adjacent Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ
Received 21 Aug 2025Land West Of Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EB
Received 31 Jul 2025Land West Of Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EB
Received 31 Jul 2025Land West Of Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EB
Received 31 Jul 2025Land West Of Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EB
Received 31 Jul 2025Land West Of Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EB
Received 31 Jul 2025Rectory House Shaftenhoe End Road Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8LA
Received 11 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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