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42 Hempstead Lane Potten End Hertfordshire HP4 2SD

26/00125/FHAFull Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear extension and patio, front porch and detached garage

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ashridge
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 42 Hempstead Lane Potten End Hertfordshire HP4 2SD. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Ashridge. We hold 651 applications in total for the HP4 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
HP4 2SD
Application type
Full Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nettleden With Potten End Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
studioCC
Agent address
2 Crossways Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8PU

Publicity

Site notice start
12 February 2026
Site notice end
5 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14635712
Documents
33
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Dacorum
  • 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, 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

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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.

Source: Dacorum

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