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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Audit Bureau Of Circulations Ltd Charter House Black Prince Yard 207 - 209 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1AD
Received 6 Mar 2026Cedar House Graemesdyke Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LX
Received 9 Mar 202687 Shrublands Avenue Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JG
Received 9 Mar 202695 Belmont Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9NX
Received 9 Mar 2026Land On The South Side Of Chesham Road (Haresfoot Campus) Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Received 9 Mar 2026Old Cheshire Cottage Homefield Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0HU
Received 9 Mar 2026336 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1HT
Received 10 Mar 202638 Windmill Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4BN
Received 10 Mar 2026Silver Birches Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PE
Received 10 Mar 2026Land East Of Green Lane Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 10 Mar 2026Land East Of Green Lane Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 10 Mar 2026Spencer's Park Phase 2 Land Between Three Cherry Trees Lane And Cherry Tree Lane Hemel Hempstead
Received 10 Mar 2026The Coach House 2 Stocks Farm Barns Stocks Road Aldbury Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5RX
Received 10 Mar 20264 Sunrise Crescent Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9NR
Received 10 Mar 2026Allazo Ltd Ground Floor 2 Claridge Court Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2AF
Received 10 Mar 2026Rectory Farm Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8HT
Received 10 Mar 202646 Hobbs Hill Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9QB
Received 10 Mar 20268 Shepherds Yard Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EL
Received 10 Mar 2026278 Windmill Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4BX
Received 10 Mar 2026Gable End 1 Threefields Sheethanger Lane Felden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0BJ
Received 11 Mar 202638 Priory Gardens Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DS
Received 11 Mar 20265 Church Road Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NX
Received 11 Mar 2026Clement House, 23A And 23B High Street And Land To The Rear Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5AH
Received 10 Mar 202630 Great Park Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8EQ
Received 11 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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