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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1,346 approved · 365 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 At 1 To 8 Gentle Court Baldock Hertfordshire
Received 29 Apr 2026Land At The Rear Of 25 Danesbury Park Road Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9SH
Received 30 Apr 2026Glebe House New Inn Road Hinxworth Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5HB
Received 13 May 202616 Heathermere Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4QH
Received 29 Apr 2026Slip End Farm Royston Road Slip End Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6SG
Received 17 Apr 202683 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8ED
Received 8 Jun 202683 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8ED
Received 8 Jun 2026Former The Princess Helena College School Lane Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ
Received 29 Apr 2026Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 12 May 2026St Michael The Archangel Church Broadway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PQ
Received 30 Apr 2026Garden Cottage Lower Green Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3TU
Received 15 May 2026Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN
Received 1 May 2026Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 1 May 2026Land West Of Tuthill House Kelshall Tops Therfield Hertfordshire SG8 9PT
Received 1 May 20266 Sollershott East Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PL
Received 14 May 2026Jackie's Drop-in Centre Broadway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PA
Received 14 May 2026Vintage Court Hitchin Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AQ
Received 4 May 202621 Strathmore Road Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AU
Received 14 May 20262 Westwood Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LH
Received 9 Jun 2026Land To The West Of Hay Farm Police Row Therfield Hertfordshire
Received 12 May 2026Land In Front Of 12 Willian Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HG
Received 5 May 202611 Pear Tree Dell Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2SW
Received 14 May 202647 Hitchin Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AQ
Received 5 May 202647 Hitchin Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AQ
Received 1 May 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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