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Land At West Hemel Hempstead

4/00066/17/SCORequest for Scoping Opinion (EIA)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 March 2017

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Development of up to 1,100 homes, land for a primary school and community facilities and areas of green infrastructure. land for a potential travellers site. principal highway access from long chaulden road and the Avenue.

Received
9 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Chaulden And Warners End
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At West Hemel Hempstead. Dacorum has handled 723 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Chaulden And Warners End.

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

Application type
Request for Scoping Opinion (EIA)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
1100
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2017
Consultation start
11 January 2017
Target decision date
27 February 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: DacorumPart 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 (21)

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, 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

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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.

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