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North Hertfordshire
What’s changing on your street?
Planning, new food places, roadworks, school inspections, GP ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses, for any SG, LU and AL postcode. Free, from public records, updated every night.
Right now across North Hertfordshire
- 0planning applications this week
- 169.9pcheapest unleaded, most around 173.9p
- 18hygiene scores this month
- 4,274local businesses listed
- 3new food places this week
This week’s top stories
Everything by topic-
New restaurant or café: Starbucks
Registered as a food business and waiting for its first hygiene inspection.
Commercial Unit 1, Starbucks - Block 1, Wesleyan Road, Stevenage, SG1 4UG -
Road closed: Upper Maylins (Hertfordshire County Council)
28 Oct to 30 Oct. Road repairs in the road. The road will be closed.
Upper Maylins, Letchworth Garden City -
Road closed: Folly Lane (Openreach)
27 Oct to 29 Oct. Work on pipes or cables in the road and on the verge. The road will be closed.
Folly Lane, St Ippolyts -
New food distributor: Padrino’s pasta
Registered as a food business and waiting for its first hygiene inspection.
9 Churchgate, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1DN
North Hertfordshire in numbers
Every area compared, from public recordsCrime
2,624crimes, June to August 2026Every area ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents, by type, with the trend.
House prices
£417kmiddle price, 375 sales in 6 monthsWhat homes really sold for in every area over six months, by type of home, from the Land Registry.
Planning
70applications and decisions, last monthNew planning applications and decisions in every area over the last month, the biggest housing schemes and what gets approved.
Food hygiene
19hygiene scores, last monthFood hygiene scores published in every area over the last month, the low scores, and new food places waiting for a first inspection.
Roadworks
64roadworks on now or coming upRoadworks and road closures on now or booked for the next month in every area, and who is doing the digging.
Fuel prices
169.9pcheapest unleadedat Sainsbury’s Coreys Mill · most around 173.9p · dearest 181.9p · 11 stationsWhat every petrol station charges for unleaded and diesel, cheapest first, updated every half hour.
What's on
7events in the next 30 daysGigs, club nights, comedy and pop-up events in every area over the next 30 days, updated daily.
Street reports
64street problems reported this monthFly-tipping, potholes, graffiti and other street problems reported in every area this month, and what has been fixed.
Schools
64schools and their Ofsted resultsEvery state school and nursery with its latest Ofsted result, the new report cards, and how each area’s schools compare.
GPs, dentists and care
131GPs, dentists and care servicesGP surgeries, dentists, care homes and home care in every area, with their Care Quality Commission ratings.
Charities
464charities based in North HertfordshireEvery registered charity based in each area, what it does, how big it is, and new ones as they register.
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The full directory4,274 shops, trades and services across North Hertfordshire, with opening hours, food hygiene ratings and what’s going on nearby.
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A free site that shows what’s changing near any SG, LU and AL postcode in North Hertfordshire, from public records: planning applications and decisions, new food places and hygiene scores, roadworks, school inspections, GP and care ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses.
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