High Trees Hillfield Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4AA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from Offices (Use Class E) to Residential (Use Class C3), to provide 16 self-contained apartments at first, second and third floor levels Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Documents 27
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 22
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
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
- Class E to Residential Prior Approval
- Postcode
- HP2 4AA
- Received
- 21 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Hemel Hempstead Town
- Parish
- Hemel Hempstead (No Parish)
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted
- Decision date
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- DLA Town Planning Ltd
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 78% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dacorum in the last twelve months, from validation. Dacorum decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14636513
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14636513
- Neighbours
- 22 Jan 2026
- Consultation
- 22 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 16 Feb 2026
- Site or press notice
- 26 Jan 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
16 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
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