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16 Castle Hill Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1HE

26/00416/LDPLawful Development Certificate ProposedWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of integral garage to habitable room and construction of access ramp Garage conversion The works are mostly internal. The existing garage door will be replaced with a new insulated cavity wall construction and window. The external materials will match the existing brickwork and detailing to ensure a consistent appearance. Accessible ramp and external alterations The proposed ramp will be formed in block paving to match the existing driveway / pathways and will include appropriate edge restraints where required. The design of the ramp (including the gradient) is shown on the submitted drawings. To accommodate the ramp, and ensure safe and practical access, the existing block paved pathway to the front of the property will be modestly extended. The additional hardstanding will be formed in block paviors to match the existing in colour, size and laying pattern, as indicated on the drawings. The overall layout of the driveway will remain substantially as existing, with no new vehicular access onto the highway and no alteration to the existing access point. Access There is no proposal to create a new vehicular

Received
20 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Berkhamsted Castle
Agent
AVT Design Studio
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 19 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 16 Castle Hill Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1HE. Dacorum has handled 723 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 19 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Berkhamsted Castle. We hold 651 applications in total for the HP4 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
HP4 1HE
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Berkhamsted Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Last date for comments
23 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AVT Design Studio
Agent address
Roe End, Oldhill Wood Whipsnade LU6 2NF United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14718010
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
21

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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