Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Market Auto Centre Mortimer Hill Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5EE
Received 12 Mar 202631 New Mill Terrace Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5ET
Received 12 Mar 202634 Melsted Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1SX
Received 12 Mar 2026Ashridge House Orchard Gardens Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5FF
Received 13 Mar 20268 Granville Dene Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0JE
Received 13 Mar 202613 Fieldway Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2NX
Received 13 Mar 202616 Castle Hill Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1HE
Received 13 Mar 202671 George Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2EQ
Received 13 Mar 2026Thrift Cottage Park Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6BU
Received 13 Mar 2026St Margarets Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 13 Mar 20263 Gwynne Close Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5EN
Received 16 Mar 2026Little Brownlow Farm Nettleden Road Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PL
Received 13 Mar 20267 Grenadine Way Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5EA
Received 16 Mar 202655 Hunting Gate Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6NY
Received 16 Mar 2026LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 16 Mar 20264 Rymill Close Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0JA
Received 16 Mar 2026Lot B2A Upper Bourne End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 16 Mar 20263 Lochnell Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3QD
Received 16 Mar 202615 Astrope Lane Long Marston Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4PL
Received 16 Mar 2026The Trees Are Either Side Of The Footpath Running Between Castle Hill And Castle Hill Avenue, Berkhamsted
Received 17 Mar 20268 Highclere Drive Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8BT
Received 17 Mar 2026College Farmhouse Wingrave Road Gubblecote Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4QG
Received 17 Mar 2026Kings Langley School Love Lane Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9HN
Received 17 Mar 2026Holly Tree Cottage Long Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0PZ
Received 16 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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