Land At Church Road Little Gaddesden Berkhamsted Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of Use of Land from Agricultural to a mixed Agricultural and Equestrian Use Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 13 Mar 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Dacorum Development Management on 12 Mar 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because the use and related facilities would harm the countryside, National Landscape and heritage assets.
- The Parish Council, specialist groups and many neighbours objected, while 19 comments supported the proposal.
- Members refused permission by 12 votes to none, with one abstention.
Source: Plota analysis of Dacorum's committee minutes of 12 Mar 2026.
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 3
Other documents 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
- Retention of Development
- Postcode
- HP4 1NY
- Received
- 12 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Ashridge
- Parish
- Little Gaddesden Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Refuse Permission/Consent
- Decision date
- 13 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Bell Cornwell LLP
How this decision compares
Decided in 60 days from validation, 4 days slower than Dacorum's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 22% 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-14610605
- Neighbours
- 13 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 3 Feb 2026
- Committee
- 12 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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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