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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jakobstad 13 Meadway Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2PN
Received 18 Feb 2026Jakobstad 13 Meadway Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2PN
Received 18 Feb 202624 Grange Road Wilstone Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4PG
Received 18 Feb 2026The Boot Tower Hill Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9LN
Received 18 Feb 20265 Charles Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3DG
Received 18 Feb 2026Sopra Steria Three Cherry Trees Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7AH
Received 17 Feb 20269 High Ridge Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0AG
Received 18 Feb 2026Former British Gas Site London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 18 Feb 20265 Tring Road Wilstone Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4NU
Received 17 Feb 2026Sats Chicken And Fish 21 Marlowes Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1LA
Received 18 Feb 2026Rectory Farm Kings Langley Hertfordshire
Received 18 Feb 202622 Western Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4BB
Received 18 Feb 2026TESCO London Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5NB
Received 18 Feb 2026TESCO London Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5NB
Received 18 Feb 2026198 St Agnells Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6EQ
Received 19 Feb 2026Caddington Hall Cottage Luton Road Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8QB
Received 19 Feb 202635 Stocks Road Aldbury Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5RT
Received 19 Feb 202635 Stocks Road Aldbury Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5RT
Received 19 Feb 2026Amberleigh 56 Box Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0DJ
Received 19 Feb 202636 Pancake Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4NQ
Received 18 Feb 202646 Buckingham Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4HF
Received 19 Feb 2026Blue Shield Fire Protection Ltd Blue Shield House Queen Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6BQ
Received 19 Feb 202658 St Albans Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4BA
Received 19 Feb 2026Rosemary Cottage 126 High Street Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3QS
Received 20 Feb 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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