Twenty Acres Cottage London Road Flamstead St. Albans AL3 8HQ
Refused on 31 December 2008
Council decision: Refuse Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Replacement dwelling (amended scheme)
- Received
- 13 November 2008
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Watling
- ReceivedReceived13 Nov
- ValidatedValidated13 Nov
- Consult.Consultation8 Dec
- TargetTarget Date1 Jan
- DecidedDecided31 Dec
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Twenty Acres Cottage London Road Flamstead St. Albans AL3 8HQ. Dacorum has handled 3,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There has been 1 other application 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- AL3 8HQ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Flamstead Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 November 2008
- Consultation expiry
- 17 December 2008
- Consultation start
- 27 November 2008
- Consultation end
- 8 December 2008
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 November 2008
- Target decision date
- 1 January 2009
- Decision issued
- 5 January 2009
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 5 THE GAVEL CENTRE PORTERS WOOD ST ALBANS HERTS AL3 6PQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 November 2008
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 December 2008
- Site notice start
- 27 November 2008
- Site notice end
- 17 December 2008
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201925 Sep
Retention of first-floor rear extension with pitched roof
WithdrawnRetention of Development4/02264/19/RET - 201516 Feb
Demolition of existing building and associated hard standing and construction of 4 dwellings
WithdrawnOutline Planning Permission4/00576/15/OUT - 200726 Feb
Replacement dwelling
ApprovedFull Planning Permission4/00438/07/FUL
Source: Dacorum
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