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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Knox Cropper & Partners 151 - 155 London Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9SQ
Received 28 Apr 2026LiDL Gossoms End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LP
Received 28 Apr 2026LiDL Gossoms End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LP
Received 28 Apr 2026LiDL Gossoms End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LP
Received 28 Apr 202694 Saturn Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5PD
Received 28 Apr 2026Land At Miswell Lane Tring Herts HP23 4JU
Received 28 Apr 20265 Shootersway Park Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3NX
Received 28 Apr 202657 Shrublands Avenue Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JQ
Received 28 Apr 202621 Gilpins Ride Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2PD
Received 28 Apr 202656B And 56C Western Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4BB
Received 29 Apr 2026Laundry Cottage 28 Malting Lane Aldbury Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5RH
Received 29 Apr 2026Waterstones 168 - 176 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3AP
Received 29 Apr 202631 George Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5HJ
Received 29 Apr 2026Charnwood 15 King Edward Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0AD
Received 29 Apr 2026Charnwood 15 King Edward Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0AD
Received 29 Apr 2026Land At Grange Farm Grange Farm Green Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 30 Apr 20268 Brownlow Farm Barns Pouchen End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2SN
Received 30 Apr 202633 George Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5HJ
Received 30 Apr 2026Bakery Flat 21 Water End Road Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2SH
Received 30 Apr 2026Land West Of Tassell Hall Redbourn Hertfordshire
Received 29 Apr 202616 Horseshoe Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2DY
Received 29 Apr 2026Land North Of West Leith Farm West Leith Tring Hertfordshire
Received 30 Apr 20263 Fields End Farm Pouchen End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2SD
Received 1 May 2026Premier Inn London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HT
Received 1 May 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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