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Oak Cottage 20 Bourne End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RL

22/02115/OUTOutline Planning PermissionRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 May 2023

Council decision: Refuse Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application for construction of 4 dwellings on infill plot within the village

Received
5 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
19
Ward
Bovingdon / Flaunden / Chipperfield
Agent
Chartered Town Planning Consultants
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 299 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Oak Cottage 20 Bourne End Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RL. Dacorum has handled 723 applications of this type. This one was decided in 321 days, 39 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 164 applications across Bovingdon / Flaunden / Chipperfield. We hold 1,538 applications in total for the HP1 postcode area.

89% of outline 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
HP1 2RL
Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hemel Hempstead (No Parish)

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2022
Consultation expiry
6 October 2022
Neighbour consultation start
22 September 2022
Neighbour consultation end
6 October 2022
Last date for comments
6 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chartered Town Planning Consultants
Agent address
D-Lab 8-12 Clarence Road Depot Clarence Road Berkhamsted Herts HP4 3AS

Publicity

Site notice start
10 August 2022
Site notice end
31 August 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/00045/REFU
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3324939
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 March 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11366235
Documents
13
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Dacorum
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Dacorum

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