St Margarets Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire

21/03089/MFAMajor Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 16 December 2022

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentPlanning committee

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Proposal

Construction of 46 dwellings (apartment building and two rows of terraced units), new access road, parking and amenity areas.

Received: 6 August 2021
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 49
Council: Dacorum Borough Council
Ward: Leverstock Green
Agent: Stephen Taylor Architects

ReceivedReceived6 Aug
ValidatedValidated6 Aug
Consult.Consultation19 Oct
TargetTarget Date28 Jan
DecidedDecided16 Dec

Decided in 497 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Margarets Way Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 497 days, 64 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Leverstock Green. We hold 1,372 applications in total for the HP2 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Dacorum Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: HP2 4PA
Application type: Major Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 46
Parish: Hemel Hempstead (No Parish)

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 August 2021
Consultation expiry: 10 December 2021
Consultation start: 28 September 2021
Consultation end: 19 October 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 19 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 10 December 2021
Last date for comments: 10 December 2021
Target decision date: 28 January 2022
Committee meeting: 29 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent: Stephen Taylor Architects
Architect profile: STEPHEN TAYLOR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: 66 Charlotte Road London EC2A 3PE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 175 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 25 August 2021
Advertisement expiry: 15 September 2021
Site notice start: 12 August 2021
Site notice end: 2 September 2021

Additional information

Documents: 56
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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