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This property in Apsley has been granted permission to turn into a six-bedroom HMO. Credit: Google Maps.

Several house share applications approved at Dacorum properties

Existing facilities at Tornadoes Sports Education & Leisure in Tring. Credit: DEE.Studio Architecture & Design/Dacorum Borough Council planning portal.

Planning permission granted for new football pitch and clubhouse in Tring

An artist's impression of how the proposed homes near Wilstone and Dixons Wharf could look. Credit: Sedas Land/Dacorum Borough Council Planning Portal. Permission for re-use for LDRS partners.

Planning inspectorate overturns refusal of nine-home development

A computer-generated image showing what the new development may have looked like. Credit: Berkeley Homes/Dacorum Borough Council.

Planning permission rejected for 476-home development in Hemel Hempstead

Phil Austin has built a lighthouse in the middle of Salford - 30 miles away from the nearest coast.

I was refused planning permission for a home...so I built a LIGHTHOUSE

The home of Nick Lupton during the flooding of January 2024.

I built a wall around my house after it was flooded 11 times

Mikey Allen at his 'therapy' castle in the Sirhowy Valley, South Wales.

Ex-soldier pledges to rebuild mountain 'therapy' castle

The owner of a world-famous house with a 25ft shark sticking out of the roof has been banned from renting it out on Airbnb Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS

Shark House owner is banned from Airbnb

The home in Sandringham Avenue in Walsall which was built without planning permission - and must now be torn down Picture: SWNS

'Monster mansion' with no planning permission has to be demolished

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Planning permission granted for next phase of Hemel Hempstead Logistics Park

Craig Gillett, 61, as Santa, runs Santa's Grotto Frome alongside his sister Clare Perry, 59, Mrs Claus but is facing eviction over planning permission Picture: Santa's Grotto Frome / SWNS

Santa faces eviction from grotto over planning permission row
A Santa's Grotto is facing eviction after a row about planning permission with a council
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A £1million mansion could be yours for £550,000 - but buyers should be aware it comes with a huge catch.

£1m mansion up for grabs for bargain £550k – but there’s a huge catch

Jeremy Clarkson has won his battle with West Oxfordshire District council as permission to provide more parking at his Diddly Squat farm has been granted.

Jeremy Clarkson given green light for changes at Diddly Squat farm

Holiday homes in England will need planning permission under new plans proposed by the government

Holiday homes could require planning permission under new rules

Work on 46 new affordable homes at St Margaret’s Way in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire will start next month.

Developer confirms contract with council to construct 46 affordable homes in Hem...

A petition to keep Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm restaurant open has gathered over 150,000 signatures.

Breaking Jeremy Clarkson applies for a temporary car park on Diddly Squat Farm

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Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage could become a permanent fixture

An aerial view of the former Woodhouse Colliery site where West Cumbria Mining (WCM) have been given approval to once again extract coal. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Coal mine to be subject to legal challenge from environmental group

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46 new affordable homes to be built in Hemel Hempstead

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'˜I cried when I saw the plans': Hemel Hempstead residents fight plans for a sec...

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Solar park can share power to 4,500 homes

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‘Goliath’ eco-home back in the spotlight a year after losing planning fight

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