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20-22 High Street Hemel Hempstead HP1 3AE

4/00901/09/ADVAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 8 July 2009

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

2 fascia signs and 1 hanging sign

Received
26 May 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hemel Hempstead Town
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 20-22 High Street Hemel Hempstead HP1 3AE. Dacorum has handled 101 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in the Hemel Hempstead Old Town conservation area, with 18 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.

94% of advertising 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 3AE
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2009
Consultation expiry
1 July 2009
Consultation start
29 May 2009
Target decision date
14 July 2009
Decision issued
15 July 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 June 2009
Advertisement expiry
1 July 2009
Site notice start
29 May 2009
Site notice end
1 July 2009

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hemel Hempstead Old Town
  • Listed building: Grade II: 16 and 18, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Dacorum

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