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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.
1,361 approved · 375 refused · 138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walden Lea The Chilterns Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PP
Received 20 Aug 2026173 Jackmans Place Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1RG
Received 19 Aug 2026Southern Green Farm Southern Green Rushden Hertfordshire SG9 0SX
Received 3 Sept 20261 Picknage Road Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HP
Received 19 Aug 202654 Station Road Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5LS
Received 19 Aug 20262 The Rowans Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6HJ
Received 19 Aug 2026Glebe Road Industrial Estate Glebe Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1BT
Received 19 Aug 202694 Rushby Mead Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SF
Received 19 Aug 202631 York Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XB
Received 3 Sept 2026Land East Of 2 Scarp Close Ashwell Street Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5FP
Received 10 Aug 2026Land East Of 2 Scarp Close Ashwell Street Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5FP
Received 10 Aug 202630 Rushby Mead Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1RU
Received 20 Aug 202611 Shelley Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0PW
Received 21 Aug 2026Chantry House 31 West End Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5PH
Received 9 Sept 20266 Sollershott West Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PX
Received 7 Sept 202653 Norton Crescent Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5BE
Received 21 Aug 202621 Gosmore Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AT
Received 24 Aug 2026Spring Cottage Ashwell Road Newnham Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5JX
Received 24 Aug 202620 Gaunts Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4PQ
Received 4 Sept 20262 Crofton Mews Tithe Close Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UX
Received 11 Sept 2026Belfry Manor Farm Church End Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JW
Received 24 Aug 20265 Leslie Drive Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EB
Received 30 Sept 202625 Lower Road Breachwood Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8NS
Received 15 Sept 202635 Dacre Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QJ
Received 25 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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