If you want to pay attention to building regs, then the wall next to a hearth, assuming appliance is more than 50mm away but not more than 200mm away, should be a minimum of 75mm thick solid non combustible material, such as dense concrete block.
This is not a sheet of 9mm supalux or similar!
Pay attention to the appliance instructions, read the required clearances to combustibles, afterall, the structure you are building is combustible!
Regarding the hearth, if the appliance requires a constructional hearth (read the instructions) then that is a 125mm thick concrete slab with sizes of 840 x 840mm. Decorative hearth dims are as post above.
Use twin wall insulated pipe direct to appliance, assuming chimney can be swept through appliance.
I hope this helps.