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1 Approach Road St. Albans Al1 1Sp

5/2002/1308Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Refused
Full

Refused on 26 September 2002

Council decision: DC4 Refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from restaurant (Class A3) to residential (Class C3) with four storey rear extension, plus basement, to provide seven one-bedroom apartments (resubmission following refusals of 5/01/0303 & 5/00/1859)

Received
18 June 2002
Ward
Sopwell
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 100 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 1 Approach Road St. Albans Al1 1Sp. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Sopwell. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 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
AL1 1SP
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2002
Consultation expiry
12 August 2002
Consultation end
12 August 2002
Target decision date
12 August 2002
Committee meeting
24 September 2002
Decision issued
30 September 2002
Application expires
12 August 2002

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 July 2002

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 - Alma Road and Priory Park
  • 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.

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: St Albans

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