Planning application
Land Off Swing Gate Lane Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2RP
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
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22 Jul 2025
Received by Dacorum
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19 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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
29 applications on PlanIndex · across 19 councils · 63% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
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