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41 Lower Kings Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2AB

21/03448/RETRetention of DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 28 October 2021

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use from wine bar (sui generis) to retail (A1) and assoicated works

Received
8 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Berkhamsted Castle
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 50 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 41 Lower Kings Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2AB. Dacorum has handled 6,913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in the Berkhamsted conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Berkhamsted Castle. We hold 648 applications in total for the HP4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
HP4 2AB
Application type
Retention of Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Berkhamsted Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2021
Consultation expiry
14 October 2021
Consultation start
9 September 2021
Consultation end
30 September 2021
Neighbour consultation start
23 September 2021
Neighbour consultation end
14 October 2021
Last date for comments
14 October 2021
Target decision date
20 October 2021
Permission expires
28 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 September 2021
Advertisement expiry
13 October 2021
Site notice start
15 September 2021
Site notice end
6 October 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10196948
Documents
5
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Berkhamsted

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 (21)

flood storage 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Dacorum

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