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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1,300 approved · 337 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Palace Gardens Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AD
Received 15 Aug 202515 Swan Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NY
Received 15 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To Wymondley Bury Lodge St Marys Church Road Little Wymondley Hertfordshire SG4 7JN
Received 24 Sept 202530 Gibson Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RS
Received 29 Aug 2025The Pavilion Chambers Lane Ickleford Hertfordshire SG5 3YA
Received 7 Oct 202550 Howard Drive Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2DQ
Received 4 Sept 20251 The Willows Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EB
Received 3 Sept 2025Two Chimneys Stotfold Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JS
Received 17 Sept 202587 Grovelands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RA
Received 18 Aug 202520 Verulam Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QE
Received 18 Aug 202515 The Crescent St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RE
Received 16 Dec 2025Nup End Farm House Nup End Old Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QJ
Received 18 Aug 2025Chez Nous Harveys Hill Lane Luffenhall Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7PX
Received 18 Aug 2025The Old Football Field Luton White Hill Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3DP
Received 2 Jan 2026Land Opposite 8-14 Royston Road Barkway Hertfordshire SG8 8BT
Received 18 Aug 202545 Bury Mead Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RX
Received 8 Sept 2025Friends Green Farm Friends Green Damask Green Road Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BU
Received 2 Sept 2025Friends Green Farm Friends Green Damask Green Road Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BU
Received 2 Sept 20251 Nup End Farm Cottages Nup End Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QJ
Received 19 Aug 202517 Birds Hill Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PL
Received 24 Sept 2025Land At Shangri-la Farm Todds Green Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 2JE
Received 15 Sept 2025Land At Orchard Barn Hexton Road Luton Hertfordshire
Received 19 Aug 202519 Ridge Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PR
Received 19 Aug 202530 Turpins Ride Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9EF
Received 19 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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