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52 Shrublands Avenue Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JQ

24/00200/FHAFull Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 9 May 2024

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement windows throughout property. Loft conversion to create a new bedroom with the provision of two skylight windows to rear elevation. Extension to the rear of the property to create a family kitchen / dining area. New garage/garden storage outbuilding at the rear of the property, accessed from existing parking area.

Received
30 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Berkhamsted West
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 52 Shrublands Avenue Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3JQ. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 7 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in the Berkhamsted conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Berkhamsted West. We hold 651 applications in total for the HP4 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
HP4 3JQ
Application type
Full Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Berkhamsted Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2024
Consultation expiry
27 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
27 March 2024
Last date for comments
27 March 2024

Publicity

Site notice start
14 February 2024
Site notice end
6 March 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12762678
Documents
19
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Berkhamsted
  • 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

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© 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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