Mydentist Orbital House Park View Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3EY
Refused on 9 April 2026
Council decision: Refuse Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Installation of three external air conditioning units.
- Received
- 16 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Berkhamsted East
- ReceivedReceived16 Jan
- ValidatedValidated24 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 44 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Mydentist Orbital House Park View Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3EY. Dacorum has handled 6,913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in the Berkhamsted conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Berkhamsted East. We hold 648 applications in total for the HP4 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- The three Air Conditioning units proposed, by way of their positioning and prominence in the public realm, are highly obtrusive and would cause less-than substantial harm to the character, appearance and significance of the Berkhamsted Conservation Area. Without evidence of public benfits which clearly outweigh the identified harm to the designated heritage asset, the application is to be refused.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- HP4 3EY
- Application type
- Retention of Development
- Parish
- Berkhamsted Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 1 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- CarneySweeney
- Agent address
- Brunel House 2 Fitzalan Road CF24 0EB
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 26 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 19 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14622075
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 19
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Berkhamsted
- 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.
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Dacorum
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