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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 17 Jul 2026Holly Tree Cottage Long Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0PZ
Received 17 Jul 202615 St Margarets Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4PA
Received 20 Jul 20266 Greene Walk Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2LW
Received 21 Jul 2026Laureate Academy Warners End Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3DW
Received 21 Jul 2026Norton Cottage Stoney Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0DP
Received 21 Jul 20269 Stocks Road Aldbury Hertfordshire HP23 5RT
Received 21 Jul 20269 Stocks Road Aldbury Hertfordshire HP23 5RT
Received 21 Jul 202612 Marston Court Long Marston Hertfordshire HP23 4QD
Received 21 Jul 202616 Miswell Lane Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4BX
Received 21 Jul 202694 Saturn Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5PD
Received 21 Jul 202646 Masons Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4QP
Received 21 Jul 20263 Parklands Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3SJ
Received 22 Jul 20269 Tring Road Wilstone Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4NU
Received 22 Jul 202617 Ellingham Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5LE
Received 23 Jul 20263 New Manor Croft Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2FX
Received 23 Jul 202633 Highfield Road Wigginton Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6EB
Received 22 Jul 2026White Meadows Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PF
Received 22 Jul 2026Flaunden House Flaunden Flaunden Hertfordshire HP3 0PW
Received 22 Jul 2026Langley Tennis Club Hemel Indoor Tennis Centre Highwoodhall Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8RW
Received 23 Jul 2026Ashridge Management College Ashridge House Ashridge Park Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NS
Received 23 Jul 2026Ashridge Management College Ashridge House Ashridge Park Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NS
Received 23 Jul 2026The Crystal Palace Station Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2EZ
Received 23 Jul 2026Ashridge Management College Ashridge House Ashridge Park Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NS
Received 24 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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