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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Cross Oak Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3HZ
Received 3 Mar 202623A High Street Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PG
Received 3 Mar 2026Woodview Nurseries Tinkers Lane Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6JB
Received 3 Mar 2026The Two Brewers Inn The Common Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9BS
Received 4 Mar 2026Old Kiln Meadow Water End Road Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2SG
Received 4 Mar 2026Former TA Cadet Centre Lower Adeyfield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5BZ
Received 3 Mar 202628 Bartel Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8LY
Received 26 Feb 2026Wheelers Lane Hemel Hempstead
Received 3 Mar 20264 Albion Mews Belswains Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9PP
Received 3 Mar 2026Audit Bureau Of Circulations Ltd Charter House Black Prince Yard 207 - 209 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1AD
Received 4 Mar 20267 Northaw Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7NH
Received 4 Mar 2026Bueno Pizza And Coffee Shop 3 Prince Edward Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3EZ
Received 4 Mar 202614 Chapel Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2EA
Received 3 Mar 2026Pipers Cottage Nettleden Road Nettleden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3DQ
Received 4 Mar 2026Green Bloom Nursery Chipperfield Road Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0JN
Received 4 Mar 2026Chedworth Hemp Lane Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6HE
Received 4 Mar 2026Land East Of Green Lane Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 4 Mar 202634 Bourne End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RN
Received 5 Mar 2026Badgerdell House Tower Hill Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9LN
Received 5 Mar 2026The Orchard Church Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0HS
Received 5 Mar 2026Lockers Park School Lockers Park Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TL
Received 4 Mar 2026Spencer's Park Phase 2 Land Between Three Cherry Trees Lane And Cherry Tree Lane Hemel Hempstead
Received 5 Mar 2026Spencer's Park Phase 2 Land Between Three Cherry Trees Lane And Cherry Tree Lane Hemel Hempstead
Received 5 Mar 2026Spencer's Park Phase 2 Land Between Three Cherry Trees Lane And Cherry Tree Lane Hemel Hempstead
Received 5 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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