South Bridge Water End Leighton Buzzard Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01567/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Repair and replace coping stones to the bridge structure Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:24

Application progress

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Received

15 Jul 2026

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Validated

31 Jul 2026

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Consultation

4 Aug 2026

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Approved

11 Sept 2026

Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Site constraints 6

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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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 Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

National landscape about 171 m away: Chilterns; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 33 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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: Listed Building Consent
Postcode: HP1 3BD
Received: 15 Jul 2026
Validated: 31 Jul 2026
Ward: Watling
Parish: Great Gaddesden Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Decision: Grant Permission/Consent
Decision date: 11 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Ringway

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 11 days faster than Dacorum's median of 53 for listed building works. Approved, as 83% of listed building works here are.

This one42d

Council53d

UK56d

85%decided within 8 weeks

83%approved

95decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 17 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 4 Aug 2026
Consultation: 4 Aug 2026
Comments by: 26 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 5 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved

Withies Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hemel Hempstead HP1 3BD

Details as required by condition 3 (contamination) attached to planning permission 4/0139…

4/00238/19/DRC 28 Mar 2019

2018 Approved

Withies Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hemel Hempstead HP1 3BD

Two-storey rear and part side extension, and construction of a carport; demolition of the…

4/01397/18/FHA 17 Aug 2018

2017 Approved

Water End Garage Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hemel Hempstead HP1 3BD

Established use as car sales operation for approximately 80 vehicles

4/01374/17/LDE 20 Jul 2017

2016 Approved

Anthony Betts Motor Group Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hemel Hempstead HP1 3BD

Demolition of existing workshop and associated buildings. construction of new Workshop.

4/01483/16/FUL 1 Dec 2016

2016 Approved

Anthony Betts Motor Group Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hemel Hempstead HP1 3BD

Demolition of existing workshop and associated buildings. construction of new Workshop.

4/01483/16/FUL 1 Dec 2016

2016 Refused

Water End Garage Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hemel Hempstead HP1 3BD

Change of use to car sales (sui generis)

4/00784/16/FUL 21 Jun 2016

2016 Refused

Water End Garage Leighton Buzzard Road Water End Hemel Hempstead HP1 3BD

Change of use to car sales (sui generis)

4/00784/16/FUL 21 Jun 2016

Dacorum

Planning Authority Score

7.3/10

Good

#51 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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

South Bridge Water End Leighton Buzzard Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3BD Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 4

Application forms 1

Site constraints 6

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