British Natural History Museum Akeman Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AP
Approved on 26 September 2024
Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed external sign to wall of Library
- Received
- 1 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Tring West & Rural
- ReceivedReceived1 Aug
- ValidatedValidated5 Aug
- Consult.Consultation4 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Sep
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at British Natural History Museum Akeman Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AP. Dacorum has handled 255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in the North Park Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Tring West & Rural. We hold 813 applications in total for the HP23 postcode area.
93% of heritage 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
- HP23 6AP
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Tring Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 4 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cullen Conservation
- Agent address
- 90 Akeman Street Tring Herts HP23 6AA
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13291069
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Tring
- Listed building: Grade II: Tring Zoological Museum (British Museum Natural History)On this site · +1 more
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
9 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202410 Sep
Replacement of 8No windows to the first floor Quad area facing Park Street
ApprovedListed building consent24/02028/LBC - 202418 Mar
Relocate the lobby on the Ground Floor around the existing access/egress into the open courtyard. This is a…
ApprovedListed building consent24/00623/LBC - 202313 Dec
Proposed improvements for fire protection & mobile impairment facilities to the Rothschild building and…
ApprovedListed building consent23/02950/LBC - 202313 Dec
Proposed improvements for fire protection & mobile impairment facilities to the Rothschild building and…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission23/02949/FUL - 20233 Nov
Proposed essential alterations & repairs to roof, & essential structural repairs to Courtyard porch.
ApprovedListed building consent23/02668/LBC - 202328 Jul
Re-build top section of existing chimney.
ApprovedListed building consent23/01810/LBC - 20231 Jul
Reconfiguration & improvements to existing Exhibition Gallery Space
ApprovedListed building consent23/01619/LBC - 202330 Jun
Works to trees.
ApprovedWorks to Preserved Tree(s)23/01615/TPO - 20225 Nov
T29 - Ash - Pollard to 6m due to significant decay. T32 - Ash - crown reduce by c6m as Ash die back. T33…
ApprovedWorks to Preserved Tree(s)22/03324/TPO
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