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85 - 87 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DF

26/00813/RPBClass E to Residential Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing ground floor retail unit and first floor office to provide a new 4 bedroom dwelling

Received
7 April 2026
Public comments
5
Ward
Berkhamsted East
Agent
Blackwood Architects Ltd
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application at 85 - 87 High Street Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2DF. Dacorum has handled 723 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Berkhamsted conservation area, with 6 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.

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 2DF
Application type
Class E to Residential Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Berkhamsted Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2026
Consultation expiry
1 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
10 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 May 2026
Last date for comments
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blackwood Architects Ltd
Architect profile
BLACKWOOD ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
3 Carrera House Merlin Centre Gatehouse Close Aylesbury BUCKS HP19 8DP

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14833591
Documents
8
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

flood storage 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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