Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Barn Little Heath Farm Little Heath Lane Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RT
Received 1 Jul 2026The Barn Little Heath Farm Little Heath Lane Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RT
Received 1 Jul 202660 Dundale Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5BU
Received 1 Jul 2026Rectory Farm Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8HT
Received 2 Jul 20265 Marlin Copse Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3HR
Received 2 Jul 202615 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Received 2 Jul 2026The Red Lion Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BD
Received 2 Jul 2026The Red Lion Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BD
Received 2 Jul 20263 Crossfell Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8RB
Received 3 Jul 202654 Homefield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4DA
Received 3 Jul 2026162 Marlowes Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1BA
Received 3 Jul 2026Castle Campus Berkhamsted School Castle Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BB
Received 3 Jul 2026Meadow Barn Crawleys Lane Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6FF
Received 6 Jul 2026Fairway Bell Lane Northchurch Hertfordshire HP4 3TS
Received 6 Jul 202623 Hill View Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1SA
Received 6 Jul 2026Blue Court Mark Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7DN
Received 6 Jul 202631 Collett Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1HY
Received 6 Jul 2026LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 6 Jul 2026509 Barnacres Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8AR
Received 7 Jul 202683 Shrublands Avenue Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JG
Received 7 Jul 202632 Cardy Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1SQ
Received 7 Jul 202626 Beaconsfield Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4DP
Received 7 Jul 2026Station Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jul 2026107A Beechfield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1NZ
Received 6 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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