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4 Parkfield Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8RD

26/00443/FHAFull Householder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 9 April 2026

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

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Proposal

First floor side and rear extension

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Watling
Agent
SMB Design Services
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 4 Parkfield Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8RD. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker 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. By virtue of its size, scale, mass, bulk and design, the proposed first-floor side and rear extension would not respect the appearance of the host dwelling and would be out of keeping with the overall character of the street scene which comrpises simple gabled properties. The development is therefore contrary to the aims of the NPPF (2024), Polcies CS11 and CS12 of the Core Strategy (2013), and saved Appendix 7 of the Local Plan (2004).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL3 8RD
Application type
Full Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Markyate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Publicity

Site notice start
12 March 2026
Site notice end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14722255
Documents
8
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    18 May

    First floor rear extension

    ApprovedHouseholder26/01115/FHA

Source: Dacorum

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