Natural History Museum Akeman Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AP
Approved on 13 February 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed secondary glazing to Walter Rothschild building
- Received
- 23 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Tring West & Rural
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided13 Feb
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for window replacement at Natural History Museum Akeman Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AP. Dacorum has handled 255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in the Tring conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 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
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cullen Conservation
- Agent address
- 90 Akeman Street Tring Herts HP23 6AA
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 6 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14584537
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 29
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
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202629 Jun
Addition of Historic England Blue Plaque to South Elevation of Tring Natural History Museum
ApprovedListed building consent26/01451/LBC - 20268 Apr
Works to trees
ApprovedApplication26/00816/TCA - 202624 Mar
Alterations to ground floor WC to enhance accessibility
ApprovedListed building consent26/00700/LBC - 202619 Jan
Proposed installation of roof guards to gutters & hoppers of Walter Rothschild Museum building.
ApprovedListed building consent26/00104/LBC - 202527 Nov
Insertion of ventilation grilles to windows of Boiler House
ApprovedListed building consent25/02903/LBC
Source: Dacorum
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