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29 Parsons Close Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EB

26/00062/FHAFull Householder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 13 March 2026

Council decision: Refuse Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Single storey rear extension, with extension of patio space. Addition of a small front porch and addition of solar panels.

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Watling
Agent
Design Spec Ltd.
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 29 Parsons Close Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EB. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed scheme by nature of its scale, height, depth, elevated position (relative to adjacent property) and proximity to both side boundaries would adversely affect light levels and appear overbearing and visually intrusive when viewed from the habitable windows and immediate garden areas of both adjoining neighbours at numbers 27 and 31 Parsons Close. The development would also result in an unacceptable level of overlooking, harming the privacy of both adjoining neighbours. The development would therefore be contrary to Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Core Strategy 2013 and Saved Appendix 3 of the DBLP.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 February 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Design Spec Ltd.
Architect profile
DESIGN SPEC LIMITED
Agent address
Unit F2, Launchpad Cherry Orchard Way Rochford Essex SS4 1YH

Publicity

Site notice start
11 February 2026
Site notice end
4 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14615281
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Dacorum
  • National Landscape (AONB): ChilternsNext to the site
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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© 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.

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Source: Dacorum

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