Skip to content

4 Lemsford Road St Albans Al1 3Pb

5/2007/0575Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Approved
Full

Approved on 14 May 2007

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of existing six bedsits into three self-contained residential dwellings (supported affordable with ancillary office)

Received
5 March 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clarence
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 4 Lemsford Road St Albans Al1 3Pb. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Clarence. We hold 3,226 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
AL1 3PB
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2007
Consultation expiry
8 May 2007
Consultation end
8 May 2007
Target decision date
8 May 2007
Committee meeting
14 May 2007
Application expires
15 May 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 April 2007

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.

  • Conservation area: St Albans - St Peters Park and the Marlborough House 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2007
    5 Mar

    Conversion of existing six bedsits into three self-contained residential dwellings (supported affordable with…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2007/0575
  2. 2007
    5 Mar

    Conversion of key worker hostel into three self contained flats to be used as supported affordable…

    ApprovedConservation Area (pre-2009)Filed alongside5/2007/0619

Source: St Albans

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near AL1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address