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9 Driftwood Avenue Chiswell Green St Albans Al2 2De

5/2004/0044Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Approved
Full

Approved on 23 February 2004

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension

Received
12 January 2004
Ward
St Stephen
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 9 Driftwood Avenue Chiswell Green St Albans Al2 2De. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across St Stephen. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the AL2 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
AL2 2DE
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Stephen

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2004
Consultation expiry
16 February 2004
Consultation end
16 February 2004
Target decision date
16 February 2004
Committee meeting
20 February 2004
Decision issued
25 February 2004
Application expires
7 March 2004

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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