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Bovingdon, Hertfordshire

Campaign Updates
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire

19 March 2015
Tesco owned site put up for sale to find development partner
16 January 2014
Tesco to start work on store in 2014

Four years after it was granted planning permission. It applied for more time to create the express store.
7 June 2013
Tesco plans delayed

Tesco's renewed application made this year has now been challenged by Dacorum Borough Council as new regulations require two of the eight flats in the development to be affordable housing.
8 January 2013
Tesco planning permission expires

Tesco applied for an extension on its planning permission after failing to build within the allowed three years.  
25 November 2009
Public inquiry starts

Tesco appealed the decision and a 3-day public inquiry started.
12 June 2009
Tesco plans rejected

Dacorum Development Control Committee unanimously rejected Tesco's planning application on the grounds of scale, mass, design, and size.