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Queensway Alexandra Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire

22/03405/TELTelecommunications DeterminationRefused

Refused on 6 January 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed 5G telecoms installation: H3G 17m street pole and additional equipment cabinets

Received
15 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Hemel Hempstead Town
Agent
Dot Surveying Ltd
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Queensway Alexandra Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire. Dacorum has handled 21 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in the Hemel Hempstead Old Town conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Hemel Hempstead Town.

94% of all 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

Application type
Telecommunications Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hemel Hempstead (No Parish)

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2022
Consultation expiry
26 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start
21 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
12 December 2022
Last date for comments
11 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dot Surveying Ltd
Agent address
14 Inverleith Place Edinburgh EH3 5PZ

Publicity

Site notice start
5 December 2022
Site notice end
26 December 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/00039/REFU
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3322972
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 5 February 2024Dev Type: UnknownReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11692645
Documents
9
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hemel Hempstead Old Town
  • 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, 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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