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Chads Den Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HJ

20/00261/FHAFull Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 20 April 2020

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of Garage and Store. Extension to Rear to Include Reconstruction of Roof at Slightly Higher Pitch and Increasing Height by 0.5m (Amended Scheme).

Received
4 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Watling
Agent
Savage and Partners
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 76 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Chads Den Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HJ. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Watling. We hold 2,256 applications in total for the AL3 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Dacorum Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL3 8HJ
Application type
Full Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Flamstead Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2020
Consultation expiry
7 April 2020
Consultation start
13 February 2020
Consultation end
5 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
13 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
5 March 2020
Last date for comments
8 April 2020
Target decision date
17 March 2020
Permission expires
20 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savage and Partners
Agent address
The Auction House Station Approach Bourne End Bucks SLB 5QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 March 2020
Site notice end
7 April 2020

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Dacorum
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    4 Aug

    Variation of condition 6 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 23/00354/FHA

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)23/01882/ROC
  2. 2023
    8 Feb

    Removal of Garage and Store. Extension to Rear to Include reconstruction of Roof at Slightly Higher Pitch and…

    ApprovedHouseholder23/00354/FHA
  3. 2021
    5 Nov

    Side extension to replace current existing, two storey rear extension and loft extension. Alterations to…

    RefusedHouseholder21/04219/FHA
  4. 2021
    3 Aug

    Side extension to replace current existing, two storey rear extension and loft extension. Alterations to…

    RefusedHouseholder21/03042/FHA
  5. 2020
    28 Aug

    Side extension to replace current existing, two storey rear extension and loft extension, alterations to…

    RefusedHouseholder20/02521/FHA

Source: Dacorum

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