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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Granted26/00456/TPO
Fell tree
78 Beech Park Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6JF
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00457/FHA
Proposed double storey front extension and front porch enlargement
1 Netherby Close Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5PJ
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00458/FUL
Retention of existing public house and construction of one three-bedroom dwelling (Use Class C3) on land to the side of the existing public house (Sui Generis). Creation of a new vehicular access off Bourne End Lane, associated parking, hard and soft landscaping, reconfiguration of the public house beer garden and car park.
The Anchor London Road Bourne End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RH
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00459/DRC
Details required by Condition 3 (Details for walls and gates) attached to planning permission 25/02931/FHA and 25/02932/LBC
Ballingdon Cottage Clements End Road Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6HX
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00460/FHA
Conversion of existing open garage / car port
21 St Margarets Close Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2LH
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00461/AGD
Construction of a 4-bay covered store, with 3 open bays and 1 enclosed bay, sited towards the centre of the woodland, close to the existing barn and main access route.
Timberwright Ltd Hamberlins Wood Shootersway Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00462/DRC
Details required by Condition 6 (Acoustic Screen) attached to planning permission 22/01836/MFA allowed under appeal 23/00079/REFU
Rectory Farm Kings Langley Hertfordshire
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00464/FHA
Single storey ground floor side and rear extensions
138 Chaulden Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2BT
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00465/ADV
Three free standing non-illuminated signs
Pennyroyal Court And DEMBE Theatre Station Road Tring Hertfordshire
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00466/DRC
Details as required by conditions 3, (materials); 5 (a) (b) and (c) (contamination); 11 (LEMP); 13 (CEMP); 14 (Ecology plan); 15 (method statement) attached to planning permission 25/01704/FUL
Tuffs Farm Tower Hill Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9LW
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00467/FHA
Demolition of existing garage and rebuild habitable room.
110 Chipperfield Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9JD
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00468/LBC
Removal, repair & reinstatement of four stone urns to roof of the clock house.
Tring Park School For The Performing Arts Mansion Drive Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5LX
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00469/DRC
Details required by Condition 6a (Contamination) attached to planning permission 19/03160/FUL
Runways Farm Upper Bourne End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RR
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00470/FHA
Two storey side extension with ground floor annexe for assisted living.
14 Vauxhall Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4HW
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00471/FHA
Demolition of rear single storey extension. New single storey rear extension and part 1st Floor extension.
24 Ranelagh Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4RU
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00474/RET
Construction of a single storey outbuilding (comprising a garden room) with an attached pergola within residential curtilage of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
Castle View Brownlow Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1HB
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00475/TCA
Works to Trees
The Orchard Church Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0HS
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00476/LDP
Single storey rear extension
19 Horselers Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9UH
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00478/LBC
Replacement hardstandings. Construction of fencing.
Pennyroyal Court And DEMBE Theatre Station Road Tring Hertfordshire
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Granted26/00479/LDP
Single storey rear extension
36A Tring Road Wilstone Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4PB
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00480/FUL
Conversion of an existing first-floor commercial store into 3 self-contained residential flats 1x1 Bed flat and 2x1 Bed Studio flats.
Children's Air Ambulance 2 Bridge Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1EF
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Granted26/00481/TPO
Works to trees
20 Edenhall Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4ND
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Granted26/00482/TPO
Fell conifers to ground level
22 Copper Beech Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0DG
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Granted26/00483/TPO
Works to trees
72 Sarratt Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7JF
Received 2 Mar 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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