Button House 34 High Street Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 9HT

With planning case officer 25/02012/LBC
Council
Date received
13 Aug 2025
Date validated
22 Jan 2026
Postcode
WD4 9HT

Description

Retention of the following, restoration to the window, corinice, picture rails, internal door (existing) , all external doors, staircase, flooring, upstairs cupboards , utility room well, courtyard cobbles. Repairs to bedroom 1 ceiling, cellar stairs. rebuild wall (laith and plaster) . Plaster work. fireplace surrounds, inserts hearths repairs, timber joists, loft hatch installation, front steps stabilase and support, reinstate front railing and coping stones to front walls, Portland stone as a tio stone to the brick wall at the front of the building and add railings around the the front of the house.

7/10
Planning Authority Score
#43 of 277

Dacorum is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #71 out of 277. Only 24% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 40% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Dacorum decision performance
Based on MHCLG data, 2025
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #127 of 277
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #157 of 277
83%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (71%) #71 of 277
24%
Extended time limit
Below avg (40%) #27 of 277
78%
Minor dwellings approved
133 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
71%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,137
Total decisions
125 refused in 2025