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8 Upton Avenue St. Albans Al3 5Ew

5/2002/1496Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) (pre-2009)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 September 2002

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved

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

Proposal

Certficate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension

Received
15 July 2002
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 8 Upton Avenue St. Albans Al3 5Ew. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 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 181 applications across St Peters. 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 5EW
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2002
Target decision date
15 July 2002
Committee meeting
23 September 2002
Decision issued
30 September 2002
Application expires
8 September 2002

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

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 - Gombards and the Spencer Park Estate
  • 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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