Astley House 138 Piccotts End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3AU
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of existing garage into one-bedroom annexe, refurbishment of adjoining workshop/store (including new pitched roof to replace monopitched roof ) and associated landscaping works.
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Grovehill
- Agent
- KVB Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation12 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Astley House 138 Piccotts End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3AU. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in the Piccotts End conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Grovehill. We hold 1,540 applications in total for the HP1 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
- HP1 3AU
- Application type
- Full Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hemel Hempstead (No Parish)
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 25 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- KVB Architects Ltd
- Agent address
- 9 High Street Tring HP23 5TE
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 26 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14615828
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 49
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Piccotts End
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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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Source: Dacorum
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