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Lower Wood Wigginton Bottom Wigginton Tring HP23 6HR

26/01650/AGDAgricultural or Forestry Prior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 20 August 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

An agricultural steel frame building with wooden cladding, suitable for forestry operations

Received
29 July 2026
Ward
Aldbury & Wigginton
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Lower Wood Wigginton Bottom Wigginton Tring HP23 6HR. Dacorum has handled 723 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Dacorum's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Aldbury & Wigginton. We hold 813 applications in total for the HP23 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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Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed building, at the scale and in the location proposed, is reasonably necessary for those purposes. This is particularly important given the site's location within Ancient Woodland. The absence of a detailed Woodland Management Plan, Timber Production Cycle, information regarding anticipated timber production and the frequency of forestry operations, together with the absence of sufficient information concerning the proposed internal use of the building and its potential impact on Ancient Woodland, means that the Council cannot be satisfied that the development is reasonably necessary for forestry purposes. The proposal therefore fails to meet the definitional requirements of Schedule 2, Part 6, Class E of the GPDO. As the development does not fall within the definitional scope of Class E, it does not benefit from the permitted development rights provided by that Class and planning permission is required.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HP23 6HR
Application type
Agricultural or Forestry Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wigginton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2026
Last date for comments
20 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15013339
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Dacorum
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Ancient woodland: Lower WoodPart of the site
  • 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, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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