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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.
1,305 approved · 341 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Croft Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AS
Received 22 Sept 20255 Croft Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AS
Received 22 Sept 202521 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EA
Received 22 Sept 202577 Meadowbank Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0HY
Received 22 Sept 202560 Kings Hedges Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2PZ
Received 22 Sept 2025Beka Associates Old Charlton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2DA
Received 22 Sept 20256 Cromwell Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1DT
Received 22 Sept 20253 Wedgewood Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0EX
Received 23 Sept 2025The Three Horseshoes Willian Road Willian Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2AE
Received 11 Nov 2025The Three Horseshoes Willian Road Willian Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2AE
Received 11 Nov 2025Tussocks The Causeway Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9PP
Received 11 Sept 2025Codicote House The Park Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8YU
Received 21 Nov 2025Codicote House The Park Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8YU
Received 21 Nov 2025Codicote House The Park Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8YU
Received 21 Nov 2025Codicote House The Park Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8YU
Received 21 Nov 20253 Station Parade Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3AW
Received 7 Oct 202519 Cromwell Way Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RD
Received 3 Nov 2025Letchworth Hall Hotel Letchworth Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3NP
Received 11 Sept 2025Land Adj To 9 Dower Court London Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EX
Received 23 Sept 202543 Kimberley Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4RB
Received 6 Oct 20252A Gun Road Gardens Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6ED
Received 3 Sept 202510 Church Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AJ
Received 23 Sept 2025120 Ridge Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PT
Received 23 Sept 20256 The Drive Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LF
Received 9 Oct 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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