Proposed Changes to Planning Rules

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Dacorum Borough Council is consulting on proposals to change planning rules in a bid to protect the borough’s employment areas.

Changes of use from office, light industrial or warehouse use to houses or flats no longer require planning permission following recent changes in planning rules.

The council is proposing reintroducing the need for planning permission in key employment areas such as Maylands Business Park and Hemel town centre.

This can be achieved by designating certain business locations as Article 4 areas which gives the council extra powers of planning regulation.

The proposed areas are:

  • Maylands Business Park
  • Doolittle Meadows, Hemel Hempstead
  • Whiteleaf Road, Hemel Hempstead
  • Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead
  • Bourne End Mills, Bourne End
  • Northbridge Road and River Park, Berkhamsted
  • Icknield Way, Tring

Residents can give their views until 5pm on Monday 18 February, following which a decision will be taken whether or not these areas should be confirmed. It is proposed that the Article 4 areas will come into force in January 2020.

You can have your say at www.dacorum.gov.uk/consultation.