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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.
1,300 approved · 336 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hexton Manor Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JH
Received 6 Aug 2025Land Rear Of 60 Green Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7BA
Received 2 Sept 2025Hinxworth Place New Inn Road Hinxworth Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5HB
Received 21 Aug 2025Sollershott Hall Sollershott East Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PN
Received 13 Aug 202510 West Hill Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HZ
Received 13 Aug 202510 West Hill Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HZ
Received 13 Aug 202510 West Hill Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HZ
Received 13 Aug 2025Land At Heath Road Breachwood Green Hertfordshire SG4 8PL
Received 13 Aug 202524 Church Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AJ
Received 13 Aug 202526 Church Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AJ
Received 13 Aug 2025Allotment Gardens Lytton Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3HY
Received 13 Aug 202529 The Chilterns Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PP
Received 27 Aug 2025Land Opposite 3 Homefield Hinxworth Hertfordshire SG7 5RX
Received 20 Aug 2025High Trees Lucas Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JA
Received 28 Aug 202543 Bessemer Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AG
Received 27 Aug 20251-12 (Inclusive), And 14-33 (Inclusive) Napier Close Hitchin Former: Units 6 And 7 : Sharps Way: Hitchin
Received 1 Sept 2025Land To The Rear Of 61-69 High Street Kimpton Hertfordshire SG4 8PU
Received 14 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To 10 Hambridge Way Pirton Hertfordshire
Received 4 Sept 20251 Pirton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BD
Received 15 Aug 202530 Woolgrove Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0AT
Received 10 Sept 20255 Westbury Farm Close Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3FL
Received 29 Aug 20255 Westbury Farm Close Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3FL
Received 29 Aug 202512 Cashio Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AX
Received 1 Sept 202512 Cashio Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AX
Received 2 Sept 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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