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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 Dacorum Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 2018 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Boleyn Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7LW
Received 29 Jul 2025Land Rear Of 36-42 Bourne End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 31 Jul 2025The Barn House Pipers Hill Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BY
Received 14 Aug 2025Button House 34 High Street Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9HT
Received 14 Aug 202524 Little Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5EN
Received 22 Aug 2025Land Adjacent 22 Brook Street Tring Hertfordshire
Received 28 Aug 2025Lindens 17 Hempstead Lane Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Received 8 Sept 2025The Barn Kenwood Farm Flaunden Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0RL
Received 16 Sept 2025Land Adjacent To Rose Cottage River Hill Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire
Received 19 Sept 2025Cow Lane Farm Cow Lane Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5NS
Received 22 Sept 2025LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 24 Sept 2025Gubblecote Farm Cottage Wingrave Road Gubblecote Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4QG
Received 29 Sept 20259 The Barns Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8DB
Received 29 Sept 2025Rudolf Steiner School Langley Hill Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9HG
Received 1 Oct 2025Anglo Dutch Unit 1 And 2 52A Western Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4BB
Received 3 Oct 202522 High Street Green Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7AQ
Received 21 Oct 20252 Herbert Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5HW
Received 23 Oct 202586 Chipperfield Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9JD
Received 27 Oct 202535A Old Dean Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0EX
Received 31 Oct 202517 Chapel Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8DB
Received 6 Nov 2025Land At Chapel Croft Tulip Close Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire
Received 7 Nov 2025228 Belswains Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9XB
Received 10 Nov 2025Swan Antiques London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RA
Received 11 Nov 2025Swan Antiques London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RA
Received 11 Nov 2025Records 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 Dacorum Borough 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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