23 Archers Fields Sandridge Road St Albans Al1 4El

5/2008/0153Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)Approved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 4 April 2008

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - Conversion of garage to habitable room

Received: 18 January 2008
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Marshalswick South

ReceivedReceived18 Jan
ValidatedValidated8 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date8 Feb
DecidedDecided4 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23 Archers Fields Sandridge Road St Albans Al1 4El. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

55% of amendment 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 4EL
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 February 2008
Target decision date: 8 February 2008
Committee meeting: 4 April 2008
Application expires: 4 April 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 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.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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