Acorn Lodge London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HB
Approved on 12 February 2025
Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Demolition of existing structures, construction of 4 semi-detached dwellings with associated landscaping and access and the creation of a public footpath.
- Received
- 25 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 10
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Watling
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated26 Mar
- Consult.Consultation8 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 323 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Acorn Lodge London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HB. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 324 days, 39 weeks longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There have been 4 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 8HB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Flamstead Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 8 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 January 2025
- Last date for comments
- 8 January 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12912759
- Documents
- 26
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20261 Jun
Details as required by condition 4 (landscaping) 10 (swift bricks) ,19 (BNG) ,20 (Tree Protection Measures)…
PendingDischarge of conditions26/01234/DRC - 202629 May
Details as required by conditions 3,4, 5, 8,10,11,13,14,18,20,23, 25, 28,30 ,32, 33, attached to planning…
PendingDischarge of conditions26/01203/DRC - 202615 Jan
Details as required by conditions 21 (a) and (f) ( Written Scheme of Investigation for Archaeological…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00074/DRC - 202524 Oct
Replacement lodge style dwelling
PendingFull Planning Permission25/02653/FUL
Source: Dacorum
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