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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1,349 approved · 372 refused · 133 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Turpins Way Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6LW
Received 15 Jun 2026Land To The East Of Talbot Way And Kristiansand Way And Flint Road Allotments Flint Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1TY
Received 12 Jun 2026Land To The East Of Talbot Way And Kristiansand Way And Flint Road Allotments Flint Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1TY
Received 12 Jun 2026Land Rear Of 29 To 31 Sollershott East Baldock Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 15 Jun 202667 West View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3QJ
Received 15 Jun 202610 High Dane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BA
Received 15 Jun 202633 Hitchin Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AQ
Received 20 Jul 202618a Verulam Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QE
Received 17 Jun 2026Agricultural Building Ashwell Road Newnham Hertfordshire SG7 5JX
Received 15 Jun 202620 Whitehorse Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6QN
Received 15 Jun 202625 West Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RA
Received 16 Jun 2026Nup End Industrial Estate Nup End Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QJ
Received 16 Jun 2026Land South Of 52 London Road Knebworth Hertfordshire
Received 16 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To 6 Drivers End Codicote Hertfordshire
Received 21 Jul 202664 Waysbrook Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2DW
Received 16 Jun 202676 Pondcroft Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6DE
Received 16 Jun 202676 Pondcroft Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6DE
Received 6 Jul 202611 Matthew Gate Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EQ
Received 16 Jun 202611 Matthew Gate Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EQ
Received 16 Jun 202662 Bearton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1UF
Received 8 Jul 202644 Brandles Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2JB
Received 17 Jun 202647 Weston Way Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6EZ
Received 17 Jun 2026Panna Cottage Pudding Lane Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JU
Received 21 Jul 2026Panna Cottage Pudding Lane Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JU
Received 21 Jul 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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