Charleston House 13 High Street Hemel Hempstead HP1 3AA
Approved on 26 April 2011
Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of suite 202 from office (b1) to non-residential education centre (d1)
- Received
- 2 March 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Hemel Hempstead Town
- Agent
- BALNEAVES CHADWICK ASSOCIATES LTD
- ReceivedReceived2 Mar
- ValidatedValidated2 Mar
- Consult.Consultation23 Mar
- TargetTarget Date20 Apr
- DecidedDecided26 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Charleston House 13 High Street Hemel Hempstead HP1 3AA. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in the Hemel Hempstead Old Town conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Hemel Hempstead Town. We hold 1,538 applications in total for the HP1 postcode area.
92% of full 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
- HP1 3AA
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 March 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 30 March 2011
- Consultation start
- 2 March 2011
- Consultation end
- 23 March 2011
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 March 2011
- Target decision date
- 20 April 2011
- Decision issued
- 27 April 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- BALNEAVES CHADWICK ASSOCIATES LTD
- Agent address
- MR K BALNEAVES, CHARLESTON HOUSE, 13 HIGH STREET, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HERTS, HP1 3AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 March 2011
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 March 2011
- Site notice start
- 2 March 2011
- Site notice end
- 30 March 2011
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hemel Hempstead Old TownPart 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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