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1 The Drive Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LE

25/00872/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 August 2025

Council decision: Conditional PermissionPlanning committee15 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of self-build detached dwelling and associated external works to include pedestrian/vehicular access to the highway.

Received
16 April 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
15
Ward
Codicote And Kimpton Ward
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 119 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1 The Drive Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LE. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 10 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Codicote And Kimpton Ward. We hold 2,082 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.

92% of full applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL4 8LE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kimpton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2025
Consultation expiry
20 August 2025
Consultation end
20 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 May 2025
Last date for comments
17 May 2025
Target decision date
15 August 2025
Committee meeting
7 August 2025
Permission expires
13 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Luke Kenton-Woods
Agent address
Lainswood House Bernards Close Chearsley HP18 0BY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
121 days

Publicity

Site notice end
17 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13699005
Documents
24

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: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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