30 West View Road St Albans Al3 5Jx

5/2002/0685Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) (pre-2009)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 May 2002

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Conversion of basement to habitable accommodation

Received: 25 March 2002
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Batchwood

ReceivedReceived25 Mar
ValidatedValidated25 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date25 Mar
DecidedDecided19 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 30 West View Road St Albans Al3 5Jx. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. 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.

71% of outline 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 5JX
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) (pre-2009)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 March 2002
Target decision date: 25 March 2002
Committee meeting: 19 May 2002
Decision issued: 30 May 2002
Application expires: 19 May 2002

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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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