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Land Off Swing Gate Lane Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RP

Awaiting decision Dacorum 25/01843/FUL Full Planning Permission

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Proposal

Change of use of land to a traveller's caravan site for 5 mobile homes each with an area for two car parking spaces, a touring caravan space and a single storey utility block, also hardstanding, vehicular access with gates, footpaths, acoustic fencing and post and rail fencing separating the plots.

As published by the council, reference 25/01843/FUL

Application record

Reference
25/01843/FUL
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
With planning case officer
Received
22 Jul 2025
Validated
19 May 2026
Ward
Berkhamsted East
Parish
Berkhamsted Town Council
Postcode
HP4 2RP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Received by Dacorum

  2. 19 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 14 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Dacorum took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Murdoch Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Saffron Walden

Active · incorporated 2013 · Saffron Walden

30 applications on PlanIndex · across 20 councils · 60% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

16 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Dacorum for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dacorum decided full applications in a median of 106 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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