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1 Approach Road St Albans Al1 1Sp

5/2008/0159Conservation AreaRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 4 April 2008

Council decision: DC12CA Refusal Conservation AreaDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing building

Received
18 January 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sopwell
  1. Received18 Jan
  2. Validated8 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 1 Approach Road St Albans Al1 1Sp. St Albans has handled 375 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.

91% of heritage 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 1SP
Application type
Conservation Area
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/E/08/2078293
Appeal date
22 July 2008
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
5 June 2009

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 - 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2008
    18 Jan

    Demolition of existing building and erection of one, two bedroom dwelling and five, two bedroom and two, one…

    RefusedDwellings (pre-2009)Filed alongside5/2008/0158
  2. 2008
    18 Jan

    Demolition of existing building

    This applicationRefusedHeritage5/2008/0159

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