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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1,304 approved · 340 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14 Mullway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4BH
Received 15 Sept 202515 The Chilterns Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PP
Received 16 Sept 202514 Purwell Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0NE
Received 16 Sept 2025Land Adjacent To Beresfords Gardiners Lane Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5JD
Received 29 Sept 2025White Cottage High Street Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HT
Received 16 Sept 2025Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 16 Sept 202519 Beech Way Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LY
Received 8 Oct 202585 Pixmore Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3TP
Received 16 Sept 2025Daubentons Manor Farm Church End Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JW
Received 16 Sept 2025Daubentons Manor Farm Church End Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JW
Received 16 Sept 2025Tussocks The Causeway Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9PP
Received 16 Sept 202572 Kimpton Road Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LX
Received 13 Apr 202654 Church Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5AF
Received 17 Sept 2025Telecommunications Mast Codicote Water Tower Tower Road Codicote Hertfordshire
Received 17 Sept 2025Council Offices Gernon Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JF
Received 14 Oct 2025Telecommunications Equipment At Cumberlow Green Farm Cumberlow Green Rushden Hertfordshire SG9 0QD
Received 17 Sept 2025Telecommunications Mast The Water Tower Horn Hill Whitwell Hertfordshire
Received 17 Sept 2025Pencroft Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BG
Received 9 Sept 2025Pencroft Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BG
Received 9 Sept 2025Pencroft Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BG
Received 9 Sept 2025The Gables High Street Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HY
Received 6 Oct 2025Pencroft Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BG
Received 9 Sept 2025Council Offices Gernon Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JF
Received 8 Oct 202512 Days Close Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9DH
Received 17 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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