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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1,120 approved · 155 refused · 59 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rudolf Steiner School Langley Hill Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9HG
Received 28 Aug 202620 Bourne End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RL
Received 28 Aug 2026Long Marston Cricket Club Cheddington Lane Long Marston Hertfordshire HP23 4QP
Received 28 Aug 2026Jay Barn Wingrave Road Gubblecote Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4QG
Received 28 Aug 20263 Old Orchard Mews Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DQ
Received 28 Aug 2026Langfords 4 Station Road Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5NG
Received 28 Aug 2026Pouchen End Farm House Pouchen End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2SA
Received 28 Aug 2026Beaumont House Chapel Lane Long Marston Hertfordshire HP23 4QT
Received 28 Aug 2026Ambleside Langdon Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AZ
Received 28 Aug 2026Bowling Club Hempstead Lane Potten End Hertfordshire HP4 2QJ
Received 28 Aug 2026St Michaels Croft Durrants Lane Northchurch Hertfordshire HP4 3TR
Received 28 Aug 2026Land West Of Leighton Buzzard Road And North Of Galley Hill Leighton Buzzard Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Received 28 Aug 2026Birch House Ashridge Park Little Gaddesden Hertfordshire HP4 1NP
Received 1 Sept 2026Camilla House 251 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1AB
Received 1 Sept 2026Laureate Academy Warners End Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3DW
Received 1 Sept 2026Middle Bottom Field Dunstable Road Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire
Received 1 Sept 20262 Castle Gateway Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1LH
Received 1 Sept 202640 Maynard Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4TR
Received 1 Sept 20261 And 2 Fields End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2SE
Received 1 Sept 202628 Friars Walk Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4AP
Received 1 Sept 2026Greenings Farm Stocks Road Aldbury Hertfordshire HP23 5RX
Received 1 Sept 20269 St Albans Hill Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9NG
Received 2 Sept 20262 Lower Adeyfield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 5BZ
Received 2 Sept 2026Pilgrim Cottage Megg Lane Chipperfield Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9JW
Received 2 Sept 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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