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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of Green Lane Westwick Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 12 Dec 2025Tring Tornadoes Tring Town Football Club Cow Lane Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5NS
Received 15 Dec 202551 Adeyfield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5DP
Received 16 Dec 2025Land At Hilltop Road Opposite Kestrel Close Berkhamsted HP4 2HY
Received 16 Dec 2025St Johns Well Lane Car Park St Johns Well Lane Car Park Berkhamsted HP4 1HA
Received 16 Dec 202522 Lyme Avenue Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3SG
Received 16 Dec 2025Lismere House Bullbeggars Lane Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RS
Received 16 Dec 202594 Fox Road Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6EE
Received 16 Dec 20252 Hill Mead Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LN
Received 16 Dec 20254 Little Gaddesden House Nettleden Road Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PL
Received 15 Dec 20254 Chaulden Terrace Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2AN
Received 16 Dec 2025High Trees Hillfield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4AA
Received 16 Dec 202564 Beaconsfield Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4DW
Received 16 Dec 2025High Oak Lodge Cross Oak Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3NA
Received 17 Dec 2025Zellstones Croft Lane Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9DU
Received 17 Dec 2025Potten End House 5 Hempstead Lane Potten End Hertfordshire HP4 2QJ
Received 17 Dec 202596 High Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3AQ
Received 17 Dec 2025Old Rectory Toms Hill Road Aldbury Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5SA
Received 17 Dec 2025Old Barn Cottage The Street Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9BH
Received 17 Dec 2025Old Barn Cottage The Street Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9BH
Received 17 Dec 202568 High Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4AE
Received 17 Dec 2025Hall Bell Lane Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3RD
Received 17 Dec 2025Admiral House Dental Practice 117 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DJ
Received 17 Dec 2025ALDI 295 London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9AA
Received 17 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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