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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-49 Bond Court Stationers Place Apsley Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 24 Dec 202552 Bennetts End Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8DS
Received 24 Dec 20258 King Street Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8JY
Received 24 Dec 202519 Brakynbery Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3XN
Received 24 Dec 202558A Durrants Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3PG
Received 24 Dec 2025The Brown House Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PE
Received 29 Dec 2025Land Off Hempstead Road Newhouse Road Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 29 Dec 2025Land Off Tring Road Wilstone Hertfordshire
Received 29 Dec 20258 King Street Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8JY
Received 29 Dec 202530 Great Park Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8EQ
Received 29 Dec 2025Castle View Brownlow Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1HB
Received 30 Dec 20255 Cedar Walk Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9EB
Received 31 Dec 2025Highover Lukes Lane Gubblecote Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4QQ
Received 31 Dec 2025126 Bennetts End Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8DZ
Received 31 Dec 2025Town Farm Stocks Road Aldbury Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5RU
Received 31 Dec 202583 West Valley Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0AW
Received 31 Dec 2025Town Farm Stocks Road Aldbury Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5RU
Received 31 Dec 202517 Anglefield Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JA
Received 2 Jan 20266 The Lye Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1UH
Received 2 Jan 2026103 Spring Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3RB
Received 2 Jan 202614 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EE
Received 2 Jan 20261 Fairway Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9TP
Received 2 Jan 20261 The Orchard Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8JR
Received 5 Jan 20261 Croftmead Cottages Long Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0ND
Received 6 Jan 2026Records 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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