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48 Ritcroft Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8PF

26/00056/LDPLawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Loft conversion with rear dormer, three front rooflights, and removal of chimney.

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leverstock Green
Agent
ELA Design
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 48 Ritcroft Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8PF. Dacorum has handled 723 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Dacorum's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Leverstock Green. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the HP3 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
HP3 8PF
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hemel Hempstead (No Parish)

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ELA Design
Agent address
Beechcroft Riverside Avenue Broxbourne EN10 6RA

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14615275
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Dacorum

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