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66 - 68 Stanhope Road St Albans Al1 5Bl

5/2007/2233Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Refused
Full

Refused on 4 December 2007

Council decision: DC4 RefusalCentral

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

Proposal

First floor rear extension to provide additional residential unit. Creation of retail unit (Class A1) and shopfront on Camp Road elevation (retrospective). New staircase to rear providing access to 68 Stanhope Road. Alterations to windows and openings a

Received
5 September 2007
Decision level
Central
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 66 - 68 Stanhope Road St Albans Al1 5Bl. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 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 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 5BL
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2007
Consultation expiry
29 October 2007
Consultation end
29 October 2007
Target decision date
29 October 2007
Committee meeting
4 December 2007
Decision issued
10 December 2007
Application expires
12 November 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 October 2007

Appeal

Appeal reference
App/B1930/A/08/2067300
Appeal date
27 February 2008
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
6 October 2008

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 - Granville Road
  • 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

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© 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.

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