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Middle Bottom Field Dunstable Road Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire

26/01889/AGDAgricultural or Forestry Prior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 September 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Construction of general purpose agricultural buildings and associated hard standing for the manoeuving of agricultural vehicles

Received
1 September 2026
Ward
Watling
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Middle Bottom Field Dunstable Road Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire. Dacorum has handled 723 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dacorum's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Watling.

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. The proposal would not satisfy paragraph A.1(h) of Class A, Part 6 to Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Due to the scale and siting of the proposal on elevated ground, the proposed bulding would be unduly prominent and would be harmful to the visual amenities of the rural landscape, especially when viewed from the Dunstable Road.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Agricultural or Forestry Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Markyate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Weldon Beesly
Agent address
The Old Dairy Barn Offley Hoo Hoo Lane Hitchin SG53ED GB

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15181485
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • 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, 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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