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Dacorum Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dacorum Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,665Searchable applications
53Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 1,275 approved or refused records
155Refused applications
1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and developmentContact planning Planning and development contactsLocal plan New Dacorum Local Plan (to 2041)Pre-application advice Pre-application advice and general queriesConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions - employment and town centre areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.appeals@dacorum.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning.enforcement@dacorum.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas23 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided26/00242/FUL
Internal and external alterations to facilitate the conversion of the ground floor and basement levels to form 2no. two-bedroom flats and 1no. one-bedroom flats (Use Class C3) and a safety deposit box business (Use Class E). Single-storey rear extension following the demolition of the existing disused strong room to rear
20 High Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5AH
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00243/LBC
Internal and external alterations to facilitate the conversion of the ground floor and basement levels to form 2no. two-bedroom flats and 1no. one-bedroom flats (Use Class C3) and a safety deposit box business (Use Class E). Single-storey rear extension following the demolition of the existing disused strong room to rear
20 High Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5AH
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00244/TCA
Works to trees
Pelerins Beechwood Drive Aldbury Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5SB
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Awaiting final decision26/00245/FUL
Demolition of existing dwelling, construction of replacement dwelling (Self build).
Norcott Court Farm Norcott Hill Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1LA
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00248/FHA
Fenstration changes, garage conversion, internal alterations, reconstruction of balcony and balustrade, amendments to driveway, inclusion of a low retaining wall in the front garden and re-siting of a small window
18 Beaumayes Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1SW
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00249/DRC
Details required by Conditions: 24 (Site Waste Management Plan),30 (Construction Management Plan) attached to planning permission 25/00549/MFA
Former British Gas Site London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00250/DRC
Details required by Condition 3 (Archaeology 1) attached to planning permission 25/00764/FUL
St Lawrence Church Church Street Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0HS
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00251/DRC
Details as required for the discharge of Condition 35 (Drainage) attached to planning permission 23/02034/MFA
Land At Grange Farm Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00252/DRC
Details required by Condition 45 (Noise C3 Full) attached to planning permission 23/02034/MFA
Land At Grange Farm Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - With planning case officer26/00254/DRC
Details required by Condition 6 (Outline soft and hard landscaping) attached to planning permission 23/02034/MFA
Land At Grange Farm Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - With planning case officer26/00255/DRC
Details as required by Condition 27 (highway improvements) attached to planning permission 23/02034/MFA
Land At Grange Farm Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - With planning case officer26/00256/DRC
Details as required by Condition 37 (Surface Water Drainage) attached to planning permission 23/02034/MFA
Land At Grange Farm Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - With planning case officer26/00257/DRC
Details as required by Condition 15 (lighting details - outline) attached to planning permission 23/02034/MFA
Land At Grange Farm Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - With planning case officer26/00258/DRC
Details required by Condition 24 (LEMP) attached to planning permission 23/02034/MFA
Land At Grange Farm Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00259/DRC
Details as required by Condition 10 (Sustainability compliance) attached to planning permission 23/02034/MFA.
Land At Grange Farm Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00260/TCA
Felling of Cherry tree
The Green Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00261/FUL
Construction of a swing studio.
Berkhamsted Golf Club The Common Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2QB
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00262/FHA
Single storey front porch extension
43 Lyne Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3PN
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00263/TPO
Felling of Horse Chestnut
26 Hillfield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4AB
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00265/FUL
Replacement windows.
27A Maynard Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4TR
Received 6 Feb 2026 - With planning case officer26/00267/MFA
Site clearance works and construction of a data centre building (Class B8) with plant at roof level with an emergency generator (1no.) and associated flue (provided within an external compound adjoining the data centre building), sprinkler tanks and pumphouse, security guard house, and provision of kiosk substation. Construction of a new access and internal road and circulation areas, footpaths, provision of car and bicycle parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works and ancillary site infrastructure.
Plot 3 Maylands Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4FQ
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00268/DRC
Details required by Conditions 2 (Demolition method statement), 3 (Structural report and drawings) and 4 (Materials) attached to planning permission 25/02551/FHA and 25/02552/LBC
Felden Grange Featherbed Lane Felden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0BT
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00270/SCE
Screening opinion request.
Haresfoot Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00272/LBC
Repair and modify rainwater downpipes (No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4) to the south and west facades.
Management Services Bankhall House 7 High Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3AA
Received 6 Feb 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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