Little Oaks Darrs Lane Northchurch Hertfordshire HP4 3TT Data via plota.co.uk

26/01547/LDE - Lawful Development Certificate Existing Approved
Demolition

Proposal

Commencement of development through demolition of the existing building to comply with Condition 1 of planning permission Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jul 2026
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Validated
16 Jul 2026
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Approved
16 Jul 2026

Approved on 16 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF Lde - grant (decision notice) Decision Notice · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Upload delegated report Delegated Report · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision notice 22/01282/ful Additional Information · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Location plan Site Location Plan · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Application form redacted Superseded Plans and Drawings · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed site block plan Site & Other Plans · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Form · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Photographs demolition Photos Online · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

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    Conditions 11 discharged

Site constraints 4

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Chilterns National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Postcode
HP4 3TT
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Ward
Northchurch
Parish
Northchurch Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Grant Permission/Consent
Decision date
16 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Miramar Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 0 days from validation, 55 days faster than Dacorum's median of 55 for demolitions. Approved, as 81% of demolitions here are.

73%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
68decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15072754
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

14 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings