1 Approach Road St Albans Al1 1Sp
Refused on 4 April 2008
Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Demolition of existing building and erection of one, two bedroom dwelling and five, two bedroom and two, one bedroom flats
- Received
- 18 January 2008
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sopwell
- ReceivedReceived18 Jan
- ValidatedValidated8 Feb
- Consult.Consultation25 Mar
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided4 Apr
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at 1 Approach Road St Albans Al1 1Sp. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 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 77 applications across Sopwell. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- AL1 1SP
- Application type
- Dwellings (pre-2009)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 February 2008
- Consultation expiry
- 25 March 2008
- Consultation end
- 25 March 2008
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2008
- Committee meeting
- 4 April 2008
- Application expires
- 4 April 2008
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 February 2008
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- App/B1930/A/08/2078299
- Appeal date
- 22 July 2008
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
- Appeal decision date
- 5 June 2009
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Albans - Alma Road and Priory Park
- 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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