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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.
1,360 approved · 375 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Claybush Hill Meadow Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5FJ
Received 13 Jul 202674 Common View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1DD
Received 23 Jul 2026170 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JA
Received 3 Aug 202619 South View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JH
Received 14 Jul 2026The Acorns Blackhorse Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EG
Received 14 Jul 2026Upton House Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AY
Received 6 Jul 202683 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HP
Received 23 Jul 2026Upton House Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AY
Received 6 Jul 2026Upton House Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AY
Received 6 Jul 2026Land To The East Of Talbot Way And Kristiansand Way And Flint Road Allotments Flint Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1TY
Received 14 Jul 202649 Gaping Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JE
Received 11 Aug 20264 Westbury Farm Close Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3FL
Received 3 Aug 2026Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 28 Jul 2026Land To The East Of Talbot Way And Kristiansand Way And Flint Road Allotments Flint Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1TY
Received 14 Jul 2026Land To The East Of Talbot Way And Kristiansand Way And Flint Road Allotments Flint Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1TY
Received 14 Jul 202616 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NW
Received 14 Jul 20269 Manor Crescent Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LY
Received 15 Jul 20262 Wilshere Crescent Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0PL
Received 15 Jul 2026Land Surrounding Burloes Cottages Newmarket Road Royston Hertfordshire
Received 15 Jul 202693A Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1NQ
Received 7 Aug 202610 Kershaws Hill Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AQ
Received 16 Jul 2026Land On The South West Side Of Barkway Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9DF
Received 16 Jul 2026The Thatched Cottage Smiths End Lane Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8LH
Received 16 Jul 2026Valley Lodge Valley Rise Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9GH
Received 23 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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