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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hill Farm Leverstock Green Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8QA
Received 25 Aug 202619 Deans Furlong Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4AR
Received 25 Aug 2026Loughrigg Gravel Path Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2PJ
Received 25 Aug 202625 Clarkes Spring Aldbury Hertfordshire HP23 5QL
Received 25 Aug 202644 Nettleden Road North Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1PH
Received 25 Aug 2026The Red Lion Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hertfordshire HP1 3BD
Received 25 Aug 2026Little Hay Golf Complex Box Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0DT
Received 25 Aug 202627 Station Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2EY
Received 24 Aug 202652 High Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3AF
Received 26 Aug 202627 Station Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2EY
Received 26 Aug 2026Shevington Venus Hill Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0PG
Received 26 Aug 202620 Bourne End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RL
Received 27 Aug 202620 Bourne End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RL
Received 27 Aug 202630 Trooper Road Aldbury Hertfordshire HP23 5RW
Received 27 Aug 2026Rectory Farm Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8HT
Received 27 Aug 2026Cavendish House 30 High Street Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PB
Received 26 Aug 2026Stags End Equestrian Centre Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6HN
Received 27 Aug 2026Stags End Equestrian Centre Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6HN
Received 27 Aug 2026Stags End Equestrian Centre Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6HN
Received 27 Aug 2026Stags End Equestrian Centre Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 6HN
Received 27 Aug 2026Land South Of Barnes Lane Kings Langley Hertfordshire
Received 27 Aug 202616 Miswell Lane Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4BX
Received 27 Aug 2026Rectory Farm Kings Langley Hertfordshire
Received 27 Aug 2026Rectory Farm Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8HT
Received 27 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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