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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.
1,345 approved · 363 refused · 128 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
310a Norton Way South Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SX
Received 21 Apr 202624 - 25 Market Place Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1DT
Received 1 Apr 202635 Florence Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QZ
Received 21 Apr 202653 Orchard Way Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6BT
Received 1 Apr 202667 High Street Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AH
Received 1 Apr 202685 Strathmore Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1ST
Received 16 Apr 202614 Wilton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1SS
Received 15 Apr 2026Ernest Gardiner Treatment Centre Pearsall Close Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1QZ
Received 19 May 2026169 Pixmore Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1QT
Received 1 Apr 202614 Deards End Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NL
Received 2 Apr 202617 Hampden Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0LD
Received 2 Apr 2026Guysfield Residential Home Willian Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2AB
Received 2 Apr 2026Tatmore Place Farm Preston Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QR
Received 2 Apr 2026Tatmore Place Farm Preston Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QR
Received 2 Apr 2026Centenary House Grammar School Walk Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JN
Received 14 Apr 202617 Birds Hill Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PL
Received 29 Apr 202655 Layston Park Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9DS
Received 3 Apr 202668 Gaping Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JE
Received 3 Apr 202681 Whinbush Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1PZ
Received 10 Apr 2026Land At Eiling Lodge Drivers End Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8TP
Received 19 Aug 2026Elm Corner 14 Baldock Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3LB
Received 7 Apr 202623 Westell Close Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6RY
Received 6 Apr 202667 London Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NE
Received 6 Apr 202614 Whitethorn Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2DN
Received 7 Apr 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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