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Plot 3 Maylands Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4FQ

26/00267/MFAMajor Full ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Site clearance works and construction of a data centre building (Class B8) with plant at roof level with an emergency generator (1no.) and associated flue (provided within an external compound adjoining the data centre building), sprinkler tanks and pumphouse, security guard house, and provision of kiosk substation. Construction of a new access and internal road and circulation areas, footpaths, provision of car and bicycle parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works and ancillary site infrastructure.

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
16
Ward
Adeyfield East
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 2 March.

About this application

This is a full planning application at Plot 3 Maylands Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4FQ. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Adeyfield East. We hold 1,372 applications in total for the HP2 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
HP2 4FQ
Application type
Major Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hemel Hempstead (No Parish)

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
2 March 2026
Last date for comments
16 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG

Publicity

Site notice start
4 March 2026
Site notice end
25 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14657171
Documents
61
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Kier site, Maylands AvenueRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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