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Land East Of Green Lane Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire

24/01593/MFAMajor Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 13 March 2025

Council decision: Refuse Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from agricultural land to Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) with associated access and car park.

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
19
Ward
Watling
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated16 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 240 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land East Of Green Lane Gaddesden Lane Gaddesden Row Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 245 days, 28 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Watling.

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
Major Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Flamstead Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 July 2024
Consultation expiry
6 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
16 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
6 August 2024
Last date for comments
16 January 2025
Committee meeting
27 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Turley
Agent address
Turley 8 Quy Court Colliers Lane Stow-cum-Quy CB25 9AU

Appeal history

3366214
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 September 2025Dev Type: Other Major DevelopmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13212802
Documents
24
Constraints
12

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Jul

    Details as required by Condition 10 (car park details) attached to planning permission 24/01593/MFA

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/01539/DRC
  2. 2026
    19 May

    Details required by Condition 3 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) attached to planning…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions26/01120/DRC
  3. 2026
    10 Mar

    Details required by Condition 5 (Construction drawings) attached to planning permission 24/01593/MFA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00592/DRC
  4. 2026
    10 Mar

    Details as required by condition 6 (Drainage) and 12 (Landscape strategy plan) attached to planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00593/DRC
  5. 2026
    4 Mar

    Details required by Condition 11 (Soft Landscaping) attached to planning permission 24/01593/MFA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00537/DRC
  6. 2024
    11 Jul

    Change of use from agricultural land to Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) with associated access…

    This applicationRefusedFull24/01593/MFA

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