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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Eaton Court Maylands Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7TR
Received 12 Nov 20253A Water End Road Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2SH
Received 18 Nov 202571 Cambrian Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5TB
Received 20 Nov 2025Mollcroft 69 Hempstead Lane Potten End Hertfordshire HP4 2RZ
Received 21 Nov 2025Marchmont Farm Piccotts End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6JH
Received 27 Nov 2025Hemel Hempstead Police Station Combe Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1HL
Received 27 Nov 2025Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0LB
Received 2 Dec 2025Peartree Cottage Lower Icknield Way Wilstone Green Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4NT
Received 4 Dec 202534 St Albans Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4BA
Received 3 Dec 2025The Marchmont Piccotts End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3AT
Received 4 Dec 2025BT Hemel Hempstead ATE Cedar Walk Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9EB
Received 5 Dec 202516 Hyperion Court Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5PB
Received 5 Dec 2025Land Adj Siena House Former Kenwood Farm Nurseries Flaunden Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0RL
Received 5 Dec 2025Greencroft Farm Little Heath Lane Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RY
Received 8 Dec 20251 Bridgewater Hill Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1LW
Received 8 Dec 2025The Marchmont Piccotts End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3AT
Received 8 Dec 2025Hastoe Cross Cottage Church Lane Hastoe Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6LU
Received 9 Dec 2025Land Adjacent Wood Crescent
Received 9 Dec 202565 Covert Road Northchurch Hertfordshire HP4 3SS
Received 9 Dec 2025Felden Hall School Longcroft Lane Felden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0BN
Received 9 Dec 202587 Chambersbury Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8BD
Received 10 Dec 2025Two Bays Long Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0NE
Received 10 Dec 2025Old Pastures London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RE
Received 10 Dec 2025St Leonards Church High Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire
Received 10 Dec 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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