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Hart District Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Hart District Council decided more than 1,800 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 9% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 55 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Hart District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Hart District Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Hart District Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 1,800
Share refusedof those approved or refused 9%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 55 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 8%of more than 390 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 140
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 37%about one in three
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 57plan adopted 2020

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Hart District Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issues are: • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the appeal site and the surrounding area. • The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupants of nearby…”

    Dismissed, 2024

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2023

  • “The main issue is the effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area.”

    Allowed, 2022

  • “The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2022

  • “In the light of the above I consider the main issues are: - • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the North Fleet Conservation Area and its heritage significance; • The effect of the…”

    Allowed, 2019

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.