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Amaravati Buddhist Monastery St Margarets Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BZ

25/01011/MFAMajor Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and construction of replacement Vihara buildings with associated landscaping.

Received
17 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Watling
Agent
Rolfe Judd Planning
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 223 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery St Margarets Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BZ. 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. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Watling. We hold 1,538 applications in total for the HP1 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
HP1 3BZ
Application type
Major Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Great Gaddesden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2025
Consultation expiry
1 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
12 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 June 2025
Last date for comments
3 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rolfe Judd Planning
Architect profile
ROLFE JUDD PLANNING LIMITED
Agent address
Old Church Court Claylands Road The Oval London SW8 1NZ

Publicity

Site notice start
10 June 2025
Site notice end
1 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13932723
Documents
44
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • 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, 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, 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.

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  1. 2026
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  2. 2026
    19 Jun

    Details required by Condition 9 (BNG) attached to planning permission 25/01011/MFA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01302/DRC
  3. 2026
    27 May

    Details as required by Condition 5 (Construction Management Plan) attached to planning permission 25/01011/MFA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01189/DRC
  4. 2026
    27 May

    Details as required by Condition 3 (Contamination) attached to planning permission 25/01011/MFA

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/01190/DRC
  5. 2025
    17 Apr

    Demolition of existing buildings and construction of replacement Vihara buildings with associated landscaping.

    This applicationApprovedFull25/01011/MFA

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