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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gutteridge Farm Ivy House Lane Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2PP
Received 22 Dec 202519 Knights Orchard Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3QA
Received 22 Dec 2025Westwood Cottage Fox Road Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6EE
Received 23 Dec 202526 Windmill Way Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4HH
Received 23 Dec 2025Brickwall Cottage Frithsden Gardens Frithsden Hertfordshire HP1 3DE
Received 23 Dec 2025Ashridge Management College Ashridge House Ashridge Park Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NS
Received 23 Dec 2025Ashridge Management College Ashridge House Ashridge Park Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NS
Received 23 Dec 2025Land Between Bank Mill Lane And London Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Received 23 Dec 2025The Forge Maple Farm Shantock Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0NN
Received 23 Dec 2025Hemel North Primary Substation Redbourn Road Cupid Green Hemel Hempstead Grovehill HP2 5PN
Received 23 Dec 202515 North Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3DU
Received 23 Dec 2025Unit A London Road Retail Park 251 London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9AA
Received 23 Dec 2025Natural History Museum Akeman Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AP
Received 23 Dec 202525 Crossways Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8PU
Received 23 Dec 2025Malmes Croft Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 23 Dec 2025Stags End Equestrian Centre Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6HN
Received 23 Dec 2025Bovingdon Kebab And Pizza 8 High Street Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0HG
Received 24 Dec 20252 Zoffany Place Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4FH
Received 23 Dec 2025Admiral House Dental Practice 117 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DJ
Received 24 Dec 202571 Bridgewater Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1JB
Received 24 Dec 2025Admiral House Dental Practice 117 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DJ
Received 24 Dec 2025Penshurst Wayfarers Park Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3UR
Received 24 Dec 202587 Deaconsfield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9JA
Received 24 Dec 202541 Watford Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8DY
Received 24 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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