26 Folly Avenue St. Albans Al3 5Qd

5/2001/0456Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Approved

Full

Approved on 25 May 2001

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey and first floor rear extensions, conversion of remainder of flat roof to pitched at rear

Received: 7 March 2001
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Batchwood

ReceivedReceived7 Mar
ValidatedValidated7 Mar
Consult.Consultation23 Apr
TargetTarget Date23 Apr
DecidedDecided25 May

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 26 Folly Avenue St. Albans Al3 5Qd. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Batchwood. We hold 2,255 applications in total for the AL3 postcode area.

86% of full applications at St Albans City and District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: AL3 5QD
Application type: Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 March 2001
Consultation expiry: 23 April 2001
Consultation end: 23 April 2001
Target decision date: 23 April 2001
Committee meeting: 24 May 2001
Decision issued: 31 May 2001
Application expires: 1 May 2001

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 28 March 2001

Additional information

Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: St Albans - Folly Lane, Garden Fields and the Old Hospital
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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Source: St Albans

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