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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mosshall Farm Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PE
Received 24 Jul 2026Meads Frithsden Copse Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RQ
Received 24 Jul 2026Charnwood 15 King Edward Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0AD
Received 24 Jul 2026Appletrees London Road Bourne End Hertfordshire HP1 2RU
Received 24 Jul 202643 Priory Gardens Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DR
Received 24 Jul 2026Tuffs Farm Tower Hill Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9LW
Received 27 Jul 2026Beggars Roost Alderton Drive Little Gaddesden Hertfordshire HP4 1NA
Received 27 Jul 2026Lock 4 Cottage Long Marston Road Marsworth Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4NF
Received 27 Jul 2026Felstead Longcroft Lane Bovingdon Hertfordshire HP3 0JL
Received 27 Jul 202654 Bridens Camp Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6EY
Received 27 Jul 20263 Eddy Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1DQ
Received 28 Jul 20269 Farnham Close Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0QT
Received 28 Jul 202651 Dundale Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5BU
Received 28 Jul 2026Tuffs Farm Tower Hill Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9LW
Received 27 Jul 2026Watling Cottage London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HQ
Received 28 Jul 202622 Verney Close Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JS
Received 28 Jul 2026Cornerways Henry Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9DU
Received 27 Jul 20265 Parklands Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3SJ
Received 28 Jul 2026Hemel Hempstead School Heath Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TX
Received 28 Jul 20263 Avocet Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0FZ
Received 29 Jul 2026Uphill 6 Malting Lane Aldbury Hertfordshire HP23 5RH
Received 29 Jul 2026Lower Wood Wigginton Bottom Wigginton Tring HP23 6HR
Received 29 Jul 2026Hemel Hempstead School Heath Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TX
Received 29 Jul 2026Rectory Lane Cemetery Rectory Lane Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Received 29 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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