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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.
1,331 approved · 355 refused · 126 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To 7 Manor Cottage Wymondley Road Willian Hertfordshire SG6 2AW
Received 10 Feb 20264 Mount Keen Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6BP
Received 23 Feb 202663 Howard Drive Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2BU
Received 11 Feb 20263, 4 And 5 Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB
Received 11 Feb 2026Land At North Side Burrs Lane Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 5 Feb 2026Land At North Side Burrs Lane Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 5 Feb 2026Land At North Side Burrs Lane Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 5 Feb 2026Land At North Side Burrs Lane Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 5 Feb 2026Land At North Side Burrs Lane Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 5 Feb 202612 Stevenage Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6AW
Received 25 Feb 202675 Ninesprings Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NU
Received 24 Feb 2026Holborn Farm Dane End Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9RH
Received 5 Feb 2026Holborn Farm Dane End Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9RH
Received 5 Feb 2026Holborn Farm Dane End Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9RH
Received 5 Feb 2026Holborn Farm Dane End Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9RH
Received 5 Feb 2026Land North Of Pound Farm London Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7NE
Received 11 Feb 2026Annexe At Cuckoo Hall 73 Park Lane Old Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6PP
Received 27 Feb 2026Firs Hotel Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2TY
Received 10 Mar 202621 Saxon Rise Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3FA
Received 25 Feb 20261 Cambridge Road Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HN
Received 12 Feb 2026The George At Baldock Hitchin Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AE
Received 26 Feb 2026The George At Baldock Hitchin Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AE
Received 26 Feb 202621 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SA
Received 25 Feb 2026Land South Of The Three Horseshoes Willian Road Willian Hertfordshire SG6 2AE
Received 17 Mar 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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