Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Georgia Trooper Road Aldbury Hertfordshire HP23 5RW
Received 18 Aug 20261 Stocks Garden Cottages Stocks Road Aldbury Hertfordshire HP23 5RZ
Received 18 Aug 2026150 Chaulden Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2BT
Received 18 Aug 2026150 Chaulden Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2BT
Received 18 Aug 2026LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 18 Aug 202616 Ridgeway Close Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9TB
Received 18 Aug 20266 Lochnell Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3QD
Received 18 Aug 20262 Church Cottages Station Road Aldbury Hertfordshire HP23 5RS
Received 19 Aug 2026Orbital House Park View Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3EY
Received 19 Aug 202633 Chaucer Close Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3PP
Received 18 Aug 2026198 Marlowes Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1BH
Received 19 Aug 202618 Lyne Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3PL
Received 19 Aug 2026Long Gable 40 Sheethanger Lane Felden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0BQ
Received 20 Aug 202629 Great Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5LB
Received 20 Aug 2026Meadow View Gravel Path Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2PH
Received 21 Aug 20264 Woodlands Avenue Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2JH
Received 21 Aug 202650 Argyll Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6ND
Received 21 Aug 2026West Herts College Marlowes Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1HD
Received 21 Aug 202621 Basildon Square Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6AS
Received 24 Aug 20262 Fairacre Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9TR
Received 20 Aug 2026Woodside 4 Threefields Sheethanger Lane Felden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0BJ
Received 24 Aug 202624 Coombe Gardens Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3PA
Received 24 Aug 2026LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead
Received 24 Aug 2026Hill Farm Leverstock Green Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8QA
Received 25 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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