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8 Lemsford Road St Albans Al1 3Pb

5/2007/2269Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Approved
Full

Approved on 5 November 2007

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Two storey side and rear extension and alterations to openings (resubmission following withdrawal of 5/07/1233)

Received
12 September 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clarence
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 8 Lemsford Road St Albans Al1 3Pb. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. 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).

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Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2007
Consultation expiry
29 October 2007
Consultation end
29 October 2007
Target decision date
29 October 2007
Committee meeting
5 November 2007
Decision issued
6 November 2007
Application expires
7 November 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 October 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

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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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2007
    18 May

    Part two storey, part three storey rear extension

    WithdrawnFull Planning Application (pre-2009)5/2007/1233

Source: St Albans

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