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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1,345 approved · 365 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Wymondley Bury Lodge St Marys Church Road Little Wymondley Hertfordshire SG4 7JN
Received 31 Mar 2026Hitchin Cricket Ground Lucas Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JA
Received 14 May 2026Site Of Former Downs Barns Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EE
Received 15 Apr 20263 Norton Way North Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1BY
Received 27 Apr 20268 Church End Bennetts Lane Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SG
Received 16 Apr 20268 Church End Bennetts Lane Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SG
Received 16 Apr 2026Munts Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7AG
Received 16 Apr 202620 Sollershott West Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PX
Received 16 Apr 202620 Sollershott West Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PX
Received 16 Apr 202637 Manton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NP
Received 7 May 2026Daisy Court Common View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1BZ
Received 16 Apr 2026623 Blackhorse Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1HB
Received 16 Apr 20265 Westfield Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HE
Received 4 Jun 20262 Old Hale Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XH
Received 16 Apr 202615 Walnut Way Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3XT
Received 16 Apr 2026Slip End Farm Royston Road Slip End Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6SG
Received 17 Apr 2026Munts Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7AG
Received 17 Apr 20262 Church Gardens Stevenage Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6AR
Received 17 Apr 2026Colt House Southern Green Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SS
Received 17 Apr 2026Fontenoy Greenfield Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3YH
Received 20 Apr 2026Vine Cottage Maydencroft Lane Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QB
Received 20 Apr 2026Eastern Electricity Sub Station Baldock Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 20 Apr 202627 Beech Way Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LY
Received 20 Apr 20262 The Copperfields Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BH
Received 20 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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