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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.
1,346 approved · 365 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
43 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JW
Received 29 Apr 2026Gosmore House Cottage Hitchin Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QH
Received 29 May 2026Mortimers London Road Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JE
Received 27 Apr 2026Land North Of The Depot At 1A High Street Graveley Hertfordshire SG4 7LE
Received 27 Apr 2026Land North Of Pound Farm London Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7NE
Received 13 Apr 2026Land North Of Pound Farm London Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7NE
Received 13 Apr 2026Site Of Former Downs Barns Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EE
Received 15 Apr 2026Site Of Former Downs Barns Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire SG7 5EE
Received 15 Apr 2026Hitchin Boys School Grammar School Walk Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JB
Received 27 Apr 20265 Pryors Court Whitehorse Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6QU
Received 19 May 2026Land Between Sollershott Hall And Spring Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 27 Apr 202619 Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AY
Received 28 Apr 2026Land Located To The Southwest Of Deadman's Hill Gannock Road Sandon Hertfordshire
Received 18 May 202612 High Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BH
Received 28 Apr 202658 Dacre Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QL
Received 15 May 202627 Bessemer Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AG
Received 28 Apr 2026Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 28 Apr 2026109 Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RH
Received 28 Apr 2026Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 12 May 202635a High Street Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AJ
Received 28 Apr 2026Hub Fitness Unit 1-4 Glovers Court Hitchin, Hertfordshire 23-25 Bury Mead Road SG5 1RP
Received 4 Aug 2026Unit 8 Baldock Industrial Estate Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6NG
Received 21 May 20262 Crofton Mews Tithe Close Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UX
Received 29 Apr 202661 Clothall Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6PD
Received 29 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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