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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Cobb Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LE
Received 2 Apr 20269 New Manor Croft Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2FX
Received 2 Apr 202642 Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PH
Received 7 Apr 2026Berkhamsted Prep Doctors Commons Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3DW
Received 7 Apr 2026Goodspeeds Watery Lane Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4PH
Received 7 Apr 2026LiDL Gossoms End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LP
Received 7 Apr 2026202 Chambersbury Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8BH
Received 7 Apr 2026Land On The North Side Of Friendless Lane Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire
Received 7 Apr 2026Malvern Cottage 2 Wick Road Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6EL
Received 7 Apr 202685 - 87 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DF
Received 7 Apr 202640 Shrublands Avenue Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JQ
Received 8 Apr 2026The Barn Little Heath Farm Little Heath Lane Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RT
Received 8 Apr 2026Natural History Museum Akeman Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AP
Received 8 Apr 202630A Chipperfield Road Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0JW
Received 7 Apr 202621 Parsons Close Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EB
Received 8 Apr 20266 Bulbourne Court Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4TP
Received 8 Apr 202610 Ravensdell Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2LU
Received 8 Apr 2026Cedars 1A Felden Drive Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0BD
Received 8 Apr 202613 Station Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2EY
Received 8 Apr 202694 Kings Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3BP
Received 9 Apr 202615 Furlongs Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2QG
Received 9 Apr 2026Box 1 Apsley Waterside And Marina Dickinson Quay Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9FP
Received 9 Apr 202611 Millfield Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2PB
Received 9 Apr 2026Chipperfield Tennis Club The Common Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9BS
Received 9 Apr 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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