Blue Box Storage 45 Maylands Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7DF
Approved on 31 July 2025
Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Outline planning permission for phased redevelopment of site for data centre (Use Class B8) of up to 5,100 sqm GEA with all matters reserved excluding means of access. Includes ancillary offices, substation, car parking, external plant, servicing areas and associated works. Each phase is independent and severable, following approved parameters schedule and plans.
- Received
- 11 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 12
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Adeyfield East
- Agent
- CPW Planning
- ReceivedReceived11 Sep
- ValidatedValidated13 Sep
- Consult.Consultation15 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 321 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Blue Box Storage 45 Maylands Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 7DF. Dacorum has handled 723 applications of this type. This one was decided in 323 days, 39 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Adeyfield East. We hold 1,372 applications in total for the HP2 postcode area.
89% of outline 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
- HP2 7DF
- Application type
- Major Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hemel Hempstead (No Parish)
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 23 October 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 18 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- CPW Planning
- Agent address
- Suite 5 5th Floor 5 Greenwich View Place London E14 9NN
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 2 October 2024
- Site notice end
- 23 October 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13281643
- Documents
- 74
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
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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