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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
116 Windmill Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4BW
Received 21 May 202614 Nathaniel Walk Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5DQ
Received 21 May 20261 Turners Hill Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4LD
Received 21 May 2026LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 22 May 2026The Old Farmhouse Nettleden Road Frithsden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3DG
Received 22 May 202638 Highbarns Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8AF
Received 22 May 2026Redsyke 27 Chesham Road Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0ED
Received 22 May 2026Hemel Hempstead School Heath Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TX
Received 22 May 2026Little Oaks Darrs Lane Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3TT
Received 22 May 2026British Waterways Board Apsley Yard Ebberns Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9RE
Received 26 May 2026Birch House Ashridge Park Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NP
Received 26 May 2026Hastoe Cross Cottage Church Lane Hastoe Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6LU
Received 26 May 202617 Darrs Lane Northchurch Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3RH
Received 26 May 202640 Christchurch Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4EF
Received 22 May 2026107 Hobbs Hill Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9QG
Received 26 May 2026Friarswood Chipperfield Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire
Received 26 May 2026Chapel End Farmhouse 6 Chapel End Lane Wilstone Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4NY
Received 26 May 2026Chapel End Farmhouse 6 Chapel End Lane Wilstone Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4NY
Received 26 May 202616 Townsend Gate Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2FZ
Received 26 May 2026The Firs Megg Lane Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9JN
Received 26 May 2026257 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1AB
Received 26 May 2026Orchard Cottage Frithsden Lane Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NW
Received 26 May 2026255 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1AB
Received 26 May 202618 Finch Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LH
Received 26 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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