Details
The site is a former car showroom and workshop with a roadside forecourt and parking on a 0.36 ha (0.88 acre) site. The showroom and workshop are of steel portal frame construction with a full height glazed frontage.
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Planning
Application reference: Ref 4/00722/17/MOA
Planning status: Application Expired
Planning authority: Dacorum Borough Council
Application details:
The property lies within an area administered by Dacorum Council. The site was granted consent for the ‘Demolition of existing retail car showroom, workshop and associated facilities and construction of 3 floors of offices and lobby areas, cafeteria and integrated basement parking (all matters reserved)’ in June 2017 (Ref 4/00722/17/MOA). This permission has now lapsed.
The site forms part of a key development site referred to as
Site 1: Hemel Hempstead Station and Surroundings in the
Two Waters Masterplan Guidance, which was adopted as a
Planning Statement in 2018 and is due to be developed into
a Supplementary Planning Document in 2022. The Guidance
shows that the site falls within an area that would be suitable
for residential development up to 4 and 6 storeys in height.
The principle of residential development is supported by
a pre-planning application statement and response from
Dacorum Council.