• Stage 1 Hearing Statements

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    5 September 2025

    The Stage 1 Hearing Statements can be viewed on the Hearing Statements page.

  • Stage 2 Hearings and documents

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    29 August 2025


    The Stage 2 hearings of the Dacorum Local Plan Examination will be a joint in-person hearings with St Albans City & District Council to examine the strategic issues relating to Hemel Garden Communities. The Stage 2 hearings will be held on Tuesday 21 October 2025 and will be held at the St Albans city and District Council offices. For further information please see the hearing sessions page.

  • Stage 1 Hearing Dates and MIQs

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    The Stage 1 hearings of the Examination of the Dacorum Local Plan have now been arranged. These will be held in-person in Dacorum’s Council Chamber and will open at 10.00 am on Tuesday 16th September 2025. For further information on the hearings please see the Hearing Sessions page.

  • Response to Further Questions

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    The Council’s response to the Inspectors’ further questions (DBC/ED5) can be viewed in the Examination Documents at DBC/ED6 through to DBC/ED11. There are also a number of Statements of Common Ground that have been submitted and are referenced DBC/ED12 through to DBC/ED24 in the Examination Documents.

  • Extension to the Deadline Agreed for Further Question Response

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    The Inspectors have agreed to a short extension to the deadline for the Council to respond to their further questions (DBC/ED5) from close of business on Friday 27 June to close of business on Wednesday 2 July.

  • Further Questions Received from Inspectors

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    The Inspectors have written to the Council with some further questions. Their letter can be viewed at DBC/ED5 in the Examination Documents.

  • National Highways Letter

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    National Highways have written to the Council with their comments on the Addendum to the Traffic Modelling report prepared by WSP (TRA04.1 in the Examination Library). Their letter can be viewed at DBC/ED4 in the Examination Documents.

  • Initial Questions Response

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    The Council’s reply to the Inspectors’ initial questions to the Council has been uploaded to the Examination documents at DBC/ED3.

  • Initial Questions Received from Inspectors

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    The Inspectors have written to the Council with their initial questions. The letter can be viewed in the examination documents at DBC/ED2.

  • Dacorum Local Plan to 2041 Submitted

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    The Dacorum Local Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State for Examination in Public.