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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.
1,349 approved · 371 refused · 133 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
197 Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4TT
Received 2 Jun 202639 The Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RQ
Received 15 Jun 2026Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN
Received 15 Jun 202665 Browning Drive Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QR
Received 3 Jun 2026Holborn Farm Dane End Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9RH
Received 17 Jun 2026The Sycamores London Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6NQ
Received 3 Jun 202628 Royal Oak Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QT
Received 18 Jun 202616 Tristram Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BH
Received 3 Jun 202663 Howard Drive Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2BU
Received 3 Jun 2026136 High Street Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UB
Received 3 Jun 202612 Ryders Hill Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6BJ
Received 23 Jun 2026169 Pixmore Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1QT
Received 4 Jun 2026Ashwell Area High Street Ashwell Hertfordshire
Received 4 Jun 2026Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 21 May 20263 Westfield Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HE
Received 4 Jun 202610 Brandles Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HZ
Received 16 Jun 202610 High Dane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BA
Received 15 Jun 20261 John Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9BE
Received 4 Jun 2026The Cricketers 107 Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3TH
Received 24 Jun 202611 Bowlers End Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2EA
Received 16 Jun 202680 Balmoral Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XQ
Received 4 Jun 202625 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EP
Received 12 Jun 2026179 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JP
Received 5 Jun 2026Agricultural Barn Hall Barn Ashwell Road Newnham Hertfordshire SG7 5JX
Received 5 Jun 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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