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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.
1,304 approved · 340 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tussocks The Causeway Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9PP
Received 22 Aug 2025Tussocks The Causeway Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9PP
Received 22 Aug 202524 Brampton Park Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XF
Received 17 Sept 2025Hitchin Yeshiva Wellbury House Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3BP
Received 18 Nov 20259 Thatchers End Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0PD
Received 22 Sept 2025Church House 32a Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AB
Received 19 Sept 202536 Bingen Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2PR
Received 17 Sept 202518 Oakfields Avenue Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NP
Received 8 Sept 202594 Swinburne Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2QZ
Received 8 Sept 2025Church Of St Mary Magdalene Church Lane Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EJ
Received 8 Sept 2025Northway Filling Station Great North Road Hinxworth Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5EX
Received 11 Feb 202615 High Dane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BD
Received 8 Sept 20254 Home Farm Court Putteridge Park Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8NN
Received 19 Sept 20254 Home Farm Court Putteridge Park Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8NN
Received 19 Sept 202534 Gaping Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JQ
Received 8 Sept 202514 Turnpike Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3XP
Received 8 Sept 202565 Willoughby Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LQ
Received 8 Sept 2025Pencroft Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BG
Received 9 Sept 2025The Dial West Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QP
Received 9 Sept 2025The Cloisters Barrington Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3TH
Received 9 Sept 2025Wayside Kimpton Road Oakhills Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9NN
Received 25 Sept 20255 Norton Way North Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1BY
Received 9 Sept 2025Mill Corner Farm Jacksons Lane Reed Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8AB
Received 9 Sept 2025Church House 32a Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AB
Received 19 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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