Hemel Hempstead School Heath Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TX

22/03820/MPIMajor Public Service InfrastructureApproved

Full

Approved on 7 July 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of six existing classroom blocks and ancillary structures. Construction of a replacement three storey classroom block on the eastern playing field alongside the construction of a new MUGA, siting of equipment storage container, canopies, emergency access from Heath Lane alongside associated landscaping upgrades.

Received: 30 December 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 16
Council: Dacorum Borough Council
Ward: Boxmoor
Agent: DHA Planning

ReceivedReceived30 Dec
ValidatedValidated30 Dec
Consult.Consultation30 Jan
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Jul

Decided in 189 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Hemel Hempstead School Heath Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 1TX. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 20 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Boxmoor. We hold 1,538 applications in total for the HP1 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: HP1 1TX
Application type: Major Public Service Infrastructure
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 December 2022
Consultation expiry: 30 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 9 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 30 January 2023
Last date for comments: 8 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: DHA Planning
Agent address: Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11746853
Documents: 80
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Heath FarmhouseOn or next to this site
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, 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

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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.

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