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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Hollies 58 Cholesbury Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6JH
Received 14 May 20266 Upper Ashlyns Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3BW
Received 14 May 202645 Hill Common Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8JH
Received 14 May 2026Gadespring 109 Piccotts End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3AT
Received 13 May 20263A Blossom Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4ZB
Received 14 May 202641 Oakdene Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9TS
Received 13 May 2026Acushla 17 Tring Road Dudswell Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3SY
Received 14 May 202622 Hollyfield Close Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5PL
Received 14 May 202612 Darrs Lane Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3RH
Received 14 May 20261 Langdale Cottages Station Road Long Marston Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4QZ
Received 14 May 2026Pepsal End Farm Pepsal End Lane Pepperstock Luton Hertfordshire LU1 4LH
Received 14 May 2026Williams Wood Vicarage Road Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RA
Received 14 May 202663 South Park Gardens Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1HZ
Received 14 May 202669 High Street Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3QH
Received 15 May 202669 High Street Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3QH
Received 15 May 2026Charnwood 15 King Edward Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0AD
Received 15 May 2026Land South Of Homefield Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 14 May 2026LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 15 May 2026Heritage Architectural Antiques Wood Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4TL
Received 18 May 2026Heritage Architectural Antiques Wood Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4TL
Received 18 May 202620 Walnut Grove Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4AP
Received 18 May 2026Land Opposite Cromer Close Little Gaddesden Hertfordshire
Received 15 May 2026Land Off Astrope Lane Long Marston Tring Hertfordshire
Received 18 May 2026The Barbers Lounge 6 High Street Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8BH
Received 15 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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