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Westfield House River Hill Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8DA

21/00668/FHAFull Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 6 April 2021

Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demoltion of existing out building and replacement with new single storey structure attached to the main house.

Received
17 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Watling
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Westfield House River Hill Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8DA. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Flamsted conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Watling. We hold 2,255 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 8DA
Application type
Full Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Flamstead Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2021
Consultation expiry
24 March 2021
Consultation start
19 February 2021
Consultation end
12 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
19 February 2021
Neighbour consultation end
12 March 2021
Last date for comments
31 March 2021
Target decision date
31 March 2021
Permission expires
6 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 March 2021
Advertisement expiry
24 March 2021
Site notice start
23 February 2021
Site notice end
16 March 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09478724
Documents
16
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: FlamstedPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Westfield HouseOn this site · +3 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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© 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.

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  2. 2021
    17 Feb

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    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside21/00669/LBC

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