Westfield House River Hill Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8DA
Approved on 26 June 2025
Council decision: Grant Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of existing attic space to a bedroom and en suite bathroom.
- Received
- 2 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Watling
- ReceivedReceived2 May
- ValidatedValidated2 May
- Consult.Consultation4 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Jun
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Westfield House River Hill Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8DA. Dacorum has handled 255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. 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 2,254 applications in total for the AL3 postcode area.
93% of heritage 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
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Flamstead Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 June 2025
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 14 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 4 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13986362
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: FlamstedPart of the site
- 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202117 Feb
Demoltion of existing out building and replacement with new single storey structure attached to the main…
ApprovedListed building consent21/00669/LBC - 202117 Feb
Demoltion of existing out building and replacement with new single storey structure attached to the main…
ApprovedHouseholder21/00668/FHA - 201712 Oct
Replacement boiler and flue
ApprovedListed building consent4/02635/17/LBC - 201023 Dec
Removal of trees
ApprovedWorks to Tree(s) in Conservation Area4/02107/10/TCA
Source: Dacorum
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