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254-256 St. Johns Road Hemel Hempstead HP1 1QG

4/01682/11/LDELawful Development Certificate ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 22 November 2011

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continued use of ground floor as a takeaway (a5) with ancillary retail.

Received
27 September 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boxmoor
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 254-256 St. Johns Road Hemel Hempstead HP1 1QG. Dacorum has handled 223 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Boxmoor. We hold 1,540 applications in total for the HP1 postcode area.

89% of amendment 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 1QG
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2011
Consultation start
27 September 2011
Target decision date
15 November 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent
MOERANS SOLICITORS - MR J COOKSON
Agent address
123 STATION ROAD, EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX, HA8 7JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
8

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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