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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.
1,369 approved · 376 refused · 140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land To The East Of 2 West Lane Pirton Hertfordshire SG5 3RA
Received 4 Sept 2026Near The Grange Gardiners Lane Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NA
Received 15 Sept 202621B Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JW
Received 15 Sept 20269 South View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JH
Received 15 Sept 2026Land Off Newnham Road Newnham Road Newnham Hertfordshire
Received 3 Sept 2026Land Off Newnham Road Newnham Road Newnham Hertfordshire
Received 3 Sept 2026Land Off Newnham Road Newnham Road Newnham Hertfordshire
Received 3 Sept 202641 Strathmore Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1SN
Received 15 Sept 2026Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN
Received 5 Oct 2026Chalkstream Bedford Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RS
Received 28 Sept 2026Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN
Received 15 Sept 2026Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN
Received 15 Sept 2026Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN
Received 15 Sept 2026Larch House Old Knebworth Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6FS
Received 16 Sept 2026Hill Rise Stevenage Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PE
Received 16 Sept 202638 Echo Hill Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9BB
Received 6 Oct 202620 Grange Bottom Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9UQ
Received 8 Oct 2026Land Opposite Wymondley Grid Station And To The South Of Sperberry Hill St Ippolyts Hertfordshire
Received 16 Sept 2026Letchworth Cricket Club Whitethorn Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 8 Oct 2026The Ranch Graveley Lane Graveley Hertfordshire
Received 10 Sept 202611 Kingswood Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0PA
Received 5 Oct 2026Land Off Newnham Road Newnham Road Newnham Hertfordshire
Received 23 Sept 2026Lower Titmore Farm Lower Titmore Green Little Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7JT
Received 12 Oct 202667 Norton Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AD
Received 21 Sept 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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