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Communal Hall Old House Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire

23/02001/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 November 2023

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations including extensions to provide enhanced community facilities to the existing building

Received
17 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Adeyfield West
Agent
John Rowan and Partners
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Communal Hall Old House Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Adeyfield West.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2023
Consultation expiry
25 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
2 October 2023
Last date for comments
25 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
John Rowan and Partners
Agent address
Craven House 40 Uxbridge Road London W5 2BS

Publicity

Site notice start
4 October 2023
Site notice end
25 October 2023

Appeal history

3368685
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 November 2025Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12393758
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
8

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.

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

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    30 Apr

    Non material amendment to planning permission 23/02001/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment25/01116/NMA
  2. 2023
    17 Aug

    Alterations including extensions to provide enhanced community facilities to the existing building

    This applicationApprovedFull23/02001/FUL

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