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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mariette Chapel Croft Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9EQ
Received 30 Jul 2026Ringshall Rise Ringshall Road Ringshall Hertfordshire HP4 1LU
Received 30 Jul 20266 Cotterells Hill Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1JD
Received 29 Jul 20265 Alderley Court Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3AD
Received 29 Jul 202630 Turners Hill Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4LD
Received 30 Jul 202616 Watford Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8EA
Received 30 Jul 202616 Old Dean Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0EU
Received 29 Jul 2026Chapel End Farmhouse 6 Chapel End Lane Wilstone Hertfordshire HP23 4NY
Received 29 Jul 2026Fullers Cross Oak Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3NA
Received 30 Jul 2026Amaravati Buddhist Monastery St Margarets Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BZ
Received 30 Jul 2026Maylands Avenue And St Albans Road Roundabout Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 30 Jul 2026River Hall Cottage Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HN
Received 30 Jul 2026The Acorns Shootersway Lane Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3NW
Received 31 Jul 202678 Alexandra Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4AQ
Received 31 Jul 2026Moonfleet Frithsden Copse Potten End Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RG
Received 31 Jul 20261 Bramfield Place Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7NZ
Received 31 Jul 2026The Courtyard Park Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6DB
Received 31 Jul 2026The Barn Chiltern Northchurch Common Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1LR
Received 31 Jul 202623 Coniston Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8DF
Received 31 Jul 20268 Green View Close Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0LE
Received 3 Aug 20265 Tile Kiln Crescent Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8NT
Received 3 Aug 20263 Tower Close Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3NF
Received 3 Aug 20265 Sundew Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2DQ
Received 3 Aug 20265 Hudnall Lane Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1QE
Received 31 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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