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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of 114-138 Piccotts End Road Piccotts End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 14 Apr 202631 Albert Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AU
Received 14 Apr 2026Spencer's Park Phase 2 East Land Between Three Cherry Trees Lane And Cherry Tree Lane Hemel Hempstead
Received 14 Apr 202619 Vauxhall Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4HP
Received 14 Apr 202648 Weymouth Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9SL
Received 14 Apr 2026Wigginton Garage Chesham Road Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6EJ
Received 15 Apr 202634 Singlets Lane Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EP
Received 15 Apr 202614 Longdean Park Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8BZ
Received 15 Apr 2026Tile Kiln Cottage 30 Tile Kiln Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8NQ
Received 15 Apr 202613 High Ridge Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0AG
Received 15 Apr 202628 Bartel Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8LY
Received 16 Apr 2026Old Barn Cottage The Street Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9BH
Received 16 Apr 2026Old Barn Cottage The Street Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9BH
Received 16 Apr 2026Land On Northwest Side Of Green Lane Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire
Received 16 Apr 202613 Montague Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3DS
Received 16 Apr 202638 Great Elms Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9TW
Received 16 Apr 2026Electricity Sub Station 44M From Dacorum Borough Council, The Forum, Marlowes 7M From Daco Dacorum Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1WX
Received 16 Apr 202622 Hillside Gardens Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2LF
Received 17 Apr 20261 The Red House Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PL
Received 17 Apr 20264 Morefields Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5EU
Received 17 Apr 2026Cromer Wood Cottage Nettleden Road Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PN
Received 20 Apr 2026Spencer's Park Phase 2 Land Between Three Cherry Trees Lane And Cherry Tree Lane Hemel Hempstead
Received 17 Apr 202615 The Back Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2QS
Received 20 Apr 2026Cranbrook 22 Newell Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9PD
Received 21 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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