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1 Christchurch Road Hemel Hempstead HP2 5BX

4/00577/13/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 August 2013

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of communal care home for the elderly to four self-contained flats

Received
28 March 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hemel Hempstead Town
Agent
DR DESIGN - MR D ROWE
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 145 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1 Christchurch Road Hemel Hempstead HP2 5BX. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 14 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in 3 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 1,372 applications in total for the HP2 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
HP2 5BX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2013
Consultation expiry
6 June 2013
Consultation start
22 May 2013
Consultation end
6 June 2013
Neighbour consultation start
22 May 2013
Target decision date
16 May 2013
Decision issued
21 August 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
DR DESIGN - MR D ROWE
Agent address
OLD MANOR FARM, READS LANE, CUBLINGTON, AYLESBURY BUCKS, LU7 0LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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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