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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Priory Gardens Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DS
Received 6 Aug 202611 Green View Close Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0LE
Received 5 Aug 202620 Murray Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1JD
Received 6 Aug 2026Pocketsdell House Pocketsdell Lane Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0NH
Received 5 Aug 2026Milbor Engineering Hemel Hempstead Ltd Belswains Lane Hemel Hempstead HP3 9XE
Received 7 Aug 2026Heatherdale George Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2EW
Received 7 Aug 20261 Church View Long Marston Hertfordshire HP23 4QB
Received 7 Aug 202619 Ver Brook Avenue Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8FH
Received 6 Aug 2026Gable Cottage Cross Oak Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3HZ
Received 7 Aug 20263 Springfield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5EJ
Received 7 Aug 2026Woodriding Sheethanger Lane Felden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0BG
Received 7 Aug 2026103 Flaunden Flaunden Hertfordshire HP3 0PW
Received 7 Aug 20262 Rumballs Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8JF
Received 10 Aug 2026Land Adjoining Cyrita Hogpits Bottom Flaunden Hertfordshire
Received 11 Aug 20266 Anchor Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TY
Received 11 Aug 202623 Abbots Rise Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8AR
Received 11 Aug 2026The Red House Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PL
Received 11 Aug 202624A Vauxhall Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4HW
Received 11 Aug 202610 The Apple Orchard Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5JQ
Received 11 Aug 202636 Kings Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3BD
Received 12 Aug 2026Land To The West Of Trowley Bottom Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire
Received 12 Aug 202614 Belswains Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9PN
Received 12 Aug 202618 Lyne Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3PL
Received 12 Aug 202616 Ridgeway Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9TB
Received 12 Aug 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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