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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Happs Edge 60 Box Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0DJ
Received 17 Mar 20268 Barnsway Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9PW
Received 17 Mar 20266 Polehanger Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3PT
Received 18 Mar 2026Playing Fields Chesham Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Received 18 Mar 202619 Reson Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1NU
Received 17 Mar 202619 - 21 Station Road Long Marston Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4QS
Received 17 Mar 2026Ivy House Ivy House Lane Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2PP
Received 17 Mar 20265 St Margarets Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BZ
Received 18 Mar 20261 Queens Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3HU
Received 19 Mar 2026Roe End Farm Roe End Lane Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8AQ
Received 19 Mar 2026Springwood London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9TA
Received 19 Mar 20263 Church Road Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NX
Received 19 Mar 2026Openfields Love Lane Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9HW
Received 19 Mar 2026The Old Milking Parlour Potash Lane Long Marston Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4QX
Received 20 Mar 2026LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 20 Mar 2026Grey Stoke Cross Oak Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3NA
Received 19 Mar 2026LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 20 Mar 202640 Christchurch Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4EF
Received 19 Mar 20261 Bunkers Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8AX
Received 20 Mar 20269 Oxfield Close Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3NE
Received 20 Mar 2026118A Hempstead Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8AL
Received 20 Mar 20261 Bridgewater Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1HN
Received 20 Mar 2026Former British Gas Site London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 20 Mar 202613A Melsted Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1SX
Received 20 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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