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131 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans AL3 8DS

4/03018/18/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 31 January 2019

Council decision: Refuse Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two three bed dwellings with new access

Received
3 December 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
17
Ward
Watling
Agent
Philip Dean Limited
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 131 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans AL3 8DS. 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. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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).

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Application details

Postcode
AL3 8DS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Flamstead Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2018
Consultation expiry
8 January 2019
Consultation start
11 December 2018
Consultation end
8 January 2019
Neighbour consultation start
18 December 2018
Neighbour consultation end
8 January 2019
Target decision date
25 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Philip Dean Limited
Agent address
12 Raffin Park Datchworth SG3 6RR

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
8 January 2019
Site notice start
11 December 2018
Site notice end
8 January 2019

Appeal

Appeal reference
4/03018/18/FUL
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07457703
Documents
15
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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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