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Hitchwood Ward planning approval rate

Hitchwood Ward ward in North Hertfordshire has a 92.5% approval rate based on 93 planning decisions. North Hertfordshire overall: 93.5%.

Last updated: September 2026

92.5%
ward approval rate
93
Decisions
86
Approved
7
Refused
93.5%
North Hertfordshire average

Hitchwood Ward is broadly in line with the North Hertfordshire average, neither notably strict nor notably permissive.

How Hitchwood Ward compares

Hitchwood Ward ward (93 decided)
92.5%
North Hertfordshire overall (1,459 decided)
93.5%
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Recent decisions in Hitchwood Ward

26/01944/LDCP
Replace existing front door and insertion of rear window to existing garage to f · Mon 28 Sep 2026
Refused
26/01629/FPH
Installation of EV charger to front elevation. · Fri 11 Sep 2026
Approved
26/01169/LBC
Installation of EV charger to front elevation. · Fri 11 Sep 2026
Approved
25/03184/FP
Conversion and extension of existing barn/outbuilding to create one two-bedroom · Wed 26 Aug 2026
Approved
26/01709/LDCP
Alterations to existing garage fenestration to include replacing door with brick · Fri 21 Aug 2026
Approved

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Other wards in North Hertfordshire

Letchworth South West Ward (96.1%) Ermine Ward (97.8%) Hitchin Priory Ward (94.0%) Hitchin Bearton Ward (90.5%) Graveley, St Ippolyts And Wymondley Ward (94.4%) Arbury Ward (93.4%) Knebworth Ward (88.5%) Letchworth Norton Ward (99.2%) Hitchin Highbury Ward (88.9%) Offa Ward (90.6%) Codicote And Kimpton Ward (94.1%) Baldock West Ward (95.0%)
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