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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.
1,330 approved · 355 refused · 126 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 2023 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn To The West Of Lordship Farmhouse Pirton Road Holwell Hertfordshire
Received 20 Feb 2026Land Between Lodge Cottage And Spring Cottage Ashwell Road Newnham Hertfordshire SG7 5JX
Received 25 Feb 2026Tudor House Poynders End Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RX
Received 18 Feb 202655 Shott Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SD
Received 6 Feb 202628 Fishponds Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1NR
Received 18 Feb 2026309 Norton Way South Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SX
Received 6 Feb 202666 Common Rise Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0HP
Received 6 Feb 20265 Oaktree Close Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3XY
Received 9 Feb 202618 Ickleford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1TJ
Received 9 Feb 202629 Weston Way Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6EZ
Received 24 Mar 202641 Sollershott East Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JN
Received 9 Feb 202677 Back Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5PG
Received 9 Feb 202637 London Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6NB
Received 20 Feb 2026Heathcote High Street Hinxworth Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5HQ
Received 9 Feb 202618 Ridge Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PN
Received 20 Feb 2026Creg Ny Baa Standhill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AF
Received 9 Feb 20261 High Street Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7LE
Received 30 Jan 202626 Holroyd Crescent Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6EL
Received 11 Mar 20265 - 6 High Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BH
Received 9 Feb 20265 - 6 High Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BH
Received 9 Feb 202631 Gun Road Gardens Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6ED
Received 9 Feb 20261 Kingswood Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0PB
Received 17 Feb 2026Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB
Received 2 Feb 2026Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB
Received 2 Feb 2026Records 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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