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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Latimer Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7JJ
Received 2 Mar 2026111 Bridgewater Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1JR
Received 2 Mar 20265 Ashridge Rise Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JT
Received 2 Mar 202630 Old Dean Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0ET
Received 2 Mar 2026NatWest 5 - 9 Bank Court Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1BS
Received 2 Mar 2026All Saints Church Station Road Long Marston Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4QS
Received 2 Mar 20262 The Old Auction Rooms Middle Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3EQ
Received 2 Mar 2026Highfield House 3 Ernest Lindgren House Archive Mews Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3TN
Received 2 Mar 20264 Brackenhill Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2PU
Received 2 Mar 202619 Roughdown Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9BH
Received 2 Mar 20261 The Orchard Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8JR
Received 26 Feb 2026The Pines Alderton Drive Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NA
Received 2 Mar 202625 Crossways Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8PU
Received 2 Mar 2026Farthings Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PE
Received 3 Mar 20263 Oakwood Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3NQ
Received 3 Mar 2026Ashridge Management College Ashridge House Ashridge Park Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NS
Received 3 Mar 202610 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Received 3 Mar 202616 Typleden Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5YL
Received 3 Mar 202635 Long John Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9LS
Received 3 Mar 202643 Tring Road Wilstone Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4PE
Received 3 Mar 202611 Siskin Drive Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0FT
Received 2 Mar 20266 Blossom Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4ZB
Received 3 Mar 20266 Blossom Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4ZB
Received 3 Mar 20263 Wigginton Bottom Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6HN
Received 3 Mar 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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