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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1,360 approved · 375 refused · 138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Wymondley Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PH
Received 7 Aug 2026Melverley Pixmore Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1QP
Received 10 Aug 202666 Park Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6PW
Received 27 Aug 2026Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 7 Aug 2026Graveley Fruit Farm Jacks Hill Graveley Hertfordshire
Received 10 Aug 202616 Winston Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HB
Received 10 Aug 2026Broad Fields Station Road Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5RJ
Received 20 Aug 2026Old Forge House 55 West Street Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LH
Received 10 Aug 2026Land East Of 2 Scarp Close Ashwell Street Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5FP
Received 10 Aug 202620 Newlands Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AU
Received 10 Aug 2026School House Highfield Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PY
Received 24 Aug 2026Land At The South End Of Anglian Business Park Orchard Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5TW
Received 10 Aug 202669 Bearton Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1UG
Received 25 Aug 20263 Rusbridge Court Football Close Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5BL
Received 10 Aug 2026Cumberlow Green Farm Cumberlow Green Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0QD
Received 10 Aug 20266 Gun Meadow Avenue Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6BS
Received 1 Sept 2026160 Rushby Mead Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SQ
Received 10 Aug 202641 Bowershott Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2ET
Received 10 Aug 2026Land South Of Flint House North End Kelshall Hertfordshire SG8 9SD
Received 10 Aug 202646 Broadwater Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3HJ
Received 14 Aug 2026Three Tuns 6 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NL
Received 11 Aug 202676A High Street Kimpton Hertfordshire SG4 8QW
Received 10 Aug 202666 Park Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6PW
Received 10 Aug 2026Land On The Corner Of 13-17 The Tene Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6DG
Received 11 Aug 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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