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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.
1,347 approved · 366 refused · 133 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JW
Received 20 May 2026Paddock View High Street Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HX
Received 2 Jul 2026The White House Newlands Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9BB
Received 4 Jun 202610 High Street Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AG
Received 20 May 20261-9 Firs Close Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 20 Jul 2026Windmill House Bennetts Lane Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SH
Received 20 May 2026Windmill House Bennetts Lane Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SH
Received 21 May 2026Centenary House Grammar School Walk Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JN
Received 21 May 202621 Highfield Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3QD
Received 3 Jun 2026Land At Briar Patch Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3LY
Received 21 May 202614 Davis Crescent Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RB
Received 21 May 2026Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN
Received 21 May 2026Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN
Received 21 May 2026The Folly Willian Road Great Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7ET
Received 21 May 2026Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 21 May 20261 John Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9BE
Received 4 Jun 202679 Glebe Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1DS
Received 22 May 202617 Hillshott Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SA
Received 22 May 2026Land Opposite Wymondley Grid Station And To The South Of Sperberry Hill St Ippolyts Hertfordshire
Received 22 May 2026Former Land At Turnpike Lane And Adjacent To 4 Manor Close Turnpike Lane Ickleford Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jul 2026Irongate Barn Halls Green Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DR
Received 18 May 2026Irongate Barn Halls Green Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DR
Received 18 May 2026Irongate Barn Halls Green Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DR
Received 18 May 2026Irongate Barn Halls Green Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DR
Received 18 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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