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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Bush Glen Water End Road Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2SH
Received 26 Jun 2026Natural History Museum Akeman Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AP
Received 29 Jun 202617 Silverthorn Drive Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8BU
Received 26 Jun 2026125 Green End Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1RT
Received 26 Jun 202634 Covert Road Northchurch Hertfordshire HP4 3RS
Received 29 Jun 202648 Wingrave Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5HE
Received 29 Jun 2026Rectory Farm Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8HT
Received 29 Jun 202628 Friars Walk Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4AP
Received 29 Jun 2026Car Park Opposite The Eagle Public House Hempstead Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8AJ
Received 29 Jun 2026Car Park Opposite The Eagle Public House Hempstead Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8AJ
Received 29 Jun 2026Car Park Opposite The Eagle Public House Hempstead Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8AJ
Received 29 Jun 2026The Hub Paradise Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 29 Jun 202627 King Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6BJ
Received 30 Jun 2026191 Turners Hill Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4LN
Received 30 Jun 20266 Cobb Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LE
Received 30 Jun 202619 Lombardy Drive Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2LG
Received 30 Jun 2026The Two Brewers Inn The Common Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9BS
Received 30 Jun 202610 Crossways Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3NH
Received 30 Jun 2026Woodcote Beechwood Drive Aldbury Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5SB
Received 26 Jun 202686 Saturn Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5PD
Received 27 Jun 202650 Cross Oak Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3HZ
Received 30 Jun 2026One Stop Doctors One Medical House Boundary Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7YU
Received 1 Jul 2026Oakview Lodge 349 Chambersbury Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8LW
Received 30 Jun 2026The Mansion Britwell Drive Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2GS
Received 1 Jul 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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