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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.
1,340 approved · 355 refused · 126 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
West Wing St Ibbs London Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NL
Received 13 Apr 2026Vine Cottage Maydencroft Lane Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QB
Received 27 Feb 202669 High Street Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5NP
Received 9 Mar 2026Land South Of Flint House North End Kelshall Hertfordshire SG8 9SD
Received 9 Mar 202650 Westwood Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LL
Received 3 Mar 20266 Manley Highway Cottages Pirton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2ES
Received 3 Mar 2026Unit 2 Royston Gateway Trade Park Darlington Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5PF
Received 3 Mar 202631 Garden Fields Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3DF
Received 20 Feb 2026117 Willian Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0LT
Received 30 Mar 2026Lodge Farm Kings Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8LL
Received 20 Feb 2026221 Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4TU
Received 20 Feb 202680 Baldock Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2EQ
Received 20 Feb 202677 Redhill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2NT
Received 3 Mar 2026The Chapel Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RW
Received 23 Feb 202661 Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AQ
Received 23 Feb 202610 Springhead Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0LJ
Received 23 Feb 2026Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB
Received 5 Mar 20269 Mercia Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6RZ
Received 23 Feb 2026Gosmore End House Hitchin Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QH
Received 10 Mar 20263 The Copperfields Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BH
Received 25 Feb 2026Land North Of Pound Farm London Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7NE
Received 13 Feb 2026Old Foxes North End Kelshall Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9SE
Received 23 Feb 20262 Wilshere Crescent Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0PL
Received 25 Mar 202617 Wymondley Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PH
Received 24 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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