16 Folly Avenue St Albans Al3 5Qd

5/2007/2443Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Withdrawn

Full

Withdrawn on 18 January 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey outbuilding with basement

Received: 3 October 2007
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Batchwood

ReceivedReceived3 Oct
ValidatedValidated3 Oct
Consult.Consultation19 Nov
TargetTarget Date19 Nov
DecidedDecided18 Jan

Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 16 Folly Avenue St Albans Al3 5Qd. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 107 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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 65 applications across Batchwood. We hold 2,255 applications in total for the AL3 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: AL3 5QD
Application type: Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 October 2007
Consultation expiry: 19 November 2007
Consultation end: 19 November 2007
Target decision date: 19 November 2007
Committee meeting: 18 January 2008
Application expires: 28 November 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 24 October 2007

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 - Folly Lane, Garden Fields and the Old Hospital
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.

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Source: St Albans

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