LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead

4/03266/18/MFAMajor Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 3 December 2021

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Hybrid planning application for mixed use proposed development at west hemel hempstead, pursuant to policy la3 of the adopted site allocations development plan document (2017) to provide for up to 1100 dwellings (with up to 40% affordable housing), comprising Full planning proposals for 350 dwellings and outline

Received: 21 December 2018
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 84
Council: Dacorum Borough Council
Ward: Chaulden And Warners End

ReceivedReceived21 Dec
ValidatedValidated23 Jan
Consult.Consultation18 Feb
TargetTarget Date28 Aug
DecidedDecided3 Dec

Decided in 1045 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. There have been 72 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Chaulden And Warners End.

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

Application type: Major Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 1100
Parish: No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 January 2019
Consultation expiry: 27 February 2019
Consultation start: 27 September 2019
Consultation end: 18 February 2019
Neighbour consultation start: 27 September 2019
Neighbour consultation end: 18 February 2019
Last date for comments: 27 February 2019
Target decision date: 28 August 2019
Committee meeting: 28 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: Savills
Agent address: 11 West Way Oxford OX2 0QL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 217 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 6 February 2019
Advertisement expiry: 27 February 2019
Site notice end: 18 February 2019

Additional information

Documents: 362
Constraints: 70

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.

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