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Land Between Bank Mill Lane And London Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire

25/03126/OUTOutline Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a retirement (sheltered housing) development (Use Class C3) including 50% affordable housing and communal facilities, and a 75-bed care home (Use Class C2) including the creation of public open space, together with access from London Road, parking, landscaping and all ancillary and enabling works.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
73
Ward
Berkhamsted East
Agent
DLP Planning Ltd
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (82)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Between Bank Mill Lane And London Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire. Dacorum has handled 723 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Berkhamsted conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Berkhamsted East.

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

Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Berkhamsted Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2025
Consultation expiry
20 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 May 2026
Last date for comments
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
DLP Planning Ltd
Agent address
4 Abbey Court Fraser Road Priory Business Park Bedford MK44 3WH

Publicity

Site notice start
26 January 2026
Site notice end
16 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14553014
Documents
82
Constraints
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Berkhamsted
  • Green belt: Dacorum

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, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Dacorum

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