LA3, Land At West Hemel Hempstead Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/02582/NMA

Admin / procedural

Council

Dacorum 7.3/10

Date received

17 Oct 2025

Date validated

17 Oct 2025

Description

Non-material amendment to planning permission / with respect to Reserved Matters approvals & . Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 05:29

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Cambridge). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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.

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Also on the record

Local nature reserve 333 m away: Shrubhill Common; Radon affected area, class 2.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 10 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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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