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Four Trees River Hill Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8BY

21/02424/FHAFull Householder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 17 September 2021

Council decision: Refuse Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed detached garage with accommodation on first floor.

Received
14 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Watling
Agent
SMB Design Services
  1. Received14 Jun
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target14 Sep
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 95 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Four Trees River Hill Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8BY. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Watling. We hold 2,254 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 8BY
Application type
Full Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Flamstead Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2021
Consultation expiry
9 September 2021
Consultation start
26 August 2021
Consultation end
9 September 2021
Neighbour consultation start
17 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
8 July 2021
Last date for comments
8 July 2021
Target decision date
14 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
SMB Design Services
Agent address
82 Pickford Road Markyate AL3 8RW

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/00071/REFU
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3288255
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 August 2022Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09936359
Documents
10
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Oct

    Proposed garage building, with alterations to approved scheme (4/00869/01/FHA

    PendingApplicationRelated26/02411/FHA
  2. 2021
    14 Jun

    Proposed detached garage with accommodation on first floor.

    This applicationRefusedFull21/02424/FHA

Source: Dacorum

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