44 High Street Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0HJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01199/FUL - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Proposed demolition of existing buildings and construction of shop and 4x residential units Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
27 May 2026
✓
Validated
2 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
3 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
27 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 27 Jul 2026 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

4 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 39 and 41, High Street, Grade II, 41 m away · 4 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area 27 m away: Bovingdon; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Bovingdon built-up area; Open access land 28 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dacorum
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
HP3 0HJ
Received
27 May 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Bovingdon / Flaunden / Chipperfield
Parish
Bovingdon Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refuse Permission/Consent
Decision date
27 Jul 2026
Applicant
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Agent
R York and Son Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 19% of demolitions here are.

71%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
81decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Dacorum in the last twelve months, from validation. Dacorum decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 30 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
3 Jun 2026
Consultation
3 Jun 2026
Comments by
24 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dacorum
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#51 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dacorum is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #50 out of 296. Only 22% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Dacorum decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #150 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #171 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #50 of 296
22%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #22 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
127 decided (1-9 homes)
79%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
71%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,130
Total decisions
132 refused in the year to March 2026

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