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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Cherry Gardens Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4EA
Received 8 Jul 20266 Cobb Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LE
Received 8 Jul 2026344 Galley Hill Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3JZ
Received 8 Jul 202649 Roseheath Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2NG
Received 8 Jul 20266 Bennetts End Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8DG
Received 8 Jul 2026125 Barnacres Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8JG
Received 8 Jul 202672 Sarratt Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7JF
Received 8 Jul 202627 Finch Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3LQ
Received 8 Jul 2026Castle Campus Berkhamsted School Castle Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BB
Received 8 Jul 2026Kings Langley Youth Hut Meadowbank Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8EP
Received 8 Jul 2026Land West Of Tring Road Tring Road Wilstone Tring Hertfordshire
Received 8 Jul 2026LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 8 Jul 2026Great Gaddesden Primary School Church Meadow Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BT
Received 8 Jul 202640 Anchor Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TY
Received 9 Jul 202640 Anchor Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TY
Received 9 Jul 2026132 - 134 St Johns Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1NR
Received 10 Jul 2026The Old Coach House West Leith Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6JR
Received 10 Jul 2026Land East Of Green Lane Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 10 Jul 2026Faxton 85 - 87 Langley Hill Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9HJ
Received 9 Jul 202658 - 59 Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PL
Received 10 Jul 20265 Greenway Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JD
Received 10 Jul 2026Marchants Farm Pudds Cross Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0NJ
Received 10 Jul 2026Little Oaks Darrs Lane Northchurch Hertfordshire HP4 3TT
Received 10 Jul 2026Badgerdell House Tower Hill Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9LN
Received 13 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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