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Dacorum Borough Council planning appeal evidence

Compare selected householder and planning-condition appeals across the latest five-year source window, then open a year or the underlying records.

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Berkhamsted Castle and Natural History Museum at Tring mark Dacorum.

Evidence period

The source covers 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2026. Choose the five-year view or a calendar year. Counts include householder appeals and the three planning-condition appeal types shown below.

Bars showAllowedDismissedOther outcomes are listed in the counts.

Five-year overview

Appeal evidence across the source window

The source covers 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2026. Each row compares allowed and dismissed householder or planning-condition appeals recorded in that calendar year. Other outcomes are shown separately.

Householder or condition appeals: 131
Allowed: 47
Dismissed: 81

Bars showAllowedDismissedOther outcomes are listed in the counts.

The period total counts each appeal once when it is recorded as a householder appeal, one of the three planning-condition appeal types, or both. It is narrower than the total linked Planning Inspectorate casework used as the denominator in the evidence below.

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These local views use Dacorum Borough Council’s published cross-year evidence snapshot. They are research results, not a complete list of refusal reasons or an estimate of appeal prospects.

Planning Inspectorate casework

Householder and condition appeal evidence across five years

Across 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2026, this England-only rolling snapshot links 344 selected, decided Planning Inspectorate casework records to Dacorum Borough Council. Of these, 131 unique records appear in the householder or precise planning-condition evidence below.

The linked-casework count is the denominator used below, not a count of planning applications. The source can include specialist casework as well as appeals.

Official Householder (HAS) casework

Householder appeals

These are records whose official casework type is exactly Householder (HAS). That type can include different decision contexts, so use the underlying record to check what was disputed in each case. These outcomes do not predict what will happen in another appeal.

110

householder appeal records

32% of the 344 linked records with a decision date in the five-year source window.

Appeal allowed: 36
Appeal dismissed: 71
Other or unresolved: 3

How to read householder decisions

Allowed means the Inspector allowed the appeal. Dismissed means the Inspector dismissed it. The label alone does not say whether the dispute was a refusal, an imposed condition or another matter; open the record for that context. The comparison rate uses these two clear outcomes only.

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Appeal 6003782
Householder developments · decided 24 Jun 2026
Appeal allowed
Appeal 6003104
Householder developments · decided 29 May 2026
Appeal dismissed
Appeal 6003703
Householder developments · decided 29 Apr 2026
Appeal allowed
Appeal 6004600
Householder developments · decided 22 Apr 2026
Appeal dismissed
Appeal 6002433
Householder developments · decided 26 Mar 2026
Appeal dismissed

My case concerns a planning condition

Appeals involving planning conditions

Condition cases follow different routes. The figures below keep imposed conditions, variation or removal, and required details separate so unlike cases are not blended together.

precise condition appeal records

Condition imposed on a permission
The appeal concerns a condition attached when planning permission was granted.
Records
2
Allowed
1
Dismissed
1
Other
0
Local allowed rate: 50% (1 of 2 clear outcomes). England, same five-year window: 67.3% (402 of 597).
Small local sample; no above-or-below direction is assigned.
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Variation or removal of a condition
The appeal concerns an application to vary or remove an existing condition.
Records
13
Allowed
7
Dismissed
6
Other
0
Local allowed rate: 53.8% (7 of 13 clear outcomes). England, same five-year window: 48.4% (955 of 1,974).
Small local sample; no above-or-below direction is assigned.
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Details required by a condition
The appeal concerns approval of details required by an existing condition.
Records
6
Allowed
3
Dismissed
3
Other
0
Local allowed rate: 50% (3 of 6 clear outcomes). England, same five-year window: 42.4% (84 of 198).
Small local sample; no above-or-below direction is assigned.
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1 other condition-related record falls outside these three precise planning-appeal routes and is not included in the headline.

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Appeal 3365303
Unknown · decided 18 Aug 2025
Appeal dismissed
Appeal 3341878
Householder developments · decided 3 Dec 2024
Appeal dismissed
Appeal 3342617
Major dwellings · decided 23 Oct 2024
Appeal allowed
Appeal 3342616
Major dwellings · decided 23 Oct 2024
Appeal dismissed
Appeal 3334039
Other minor developments · decided 23 Oct 2024
Appeal dismissed

Background council statistics

Wider council planning workload

Official MHCLG figures for Dacorum Borough Council, based on rolling 12-month returns ending 31 March 2026. This is general planning application context, separate from householder and condition appeals.

General planning applications

These figures describe the council’s general planning application workload. They do not measure householder or condition appeal outcomes.

Validated applications receivedYear ending 31 March 2026: 1,199; 2.8% lower than year ending 31 March 2025
Applications on handAt 1 January 2026: 285; Point-in-time count
Planning decisions granting permissionYear ending 31 March 2026: 88.3%; Share of planning decisions issued
Planning decisions made on timeYear ending 31 March 2026: 82.9%; Within statutory or agreed time

Validated applications received over time

The line connects 5 complete rolling 12-month totals. Each point is labelled by its year ending.

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Number of validated applications received in each rolling 12-month period. The vertical scale starts at zero.

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Validated planning applications received in complete rolling 12-month periods
Year ending	Validated applications received
31 March 2022	1,780
31 March 2023	1,433
31 March 2024	1,325
31 March 2025	1,233
31 March 2026	1,199

Official identity

Authority type: Non-metropolitan district
Region: East of England
Official identifier: E07000096

Planning Data area point: Dacorum LPA (51.778195, −0.540893). This is the published representative point for the authority boundary, not a town hall, camera position or appeal site.

Official links

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Appeal evidence across the source window

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Householder appeals

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Appeals involving planning conditions

Condition imposed on a permission

Variation or removal of a condition

Details required by a condition

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General planning applications

Validated applications received over time

Official identity

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