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38 Bernard Street St Albans Al3 5Qn

5/2008/0193(Minor) DwellingsRefused

Refused on 1 July 2008

Council decision: DC4 RefusalCentral

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

Proposal

Conversion of dwelling into four self-contained units with alterations to openings and creation of lightwell to basement

Received
24 January 2008
Decision level
Central
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 145 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 38 Bernard Street St Albans Al3 5Qn. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 15 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. 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 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 2,255 applications in total for the AL3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL3 5QN
Application type
(Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2008
Consultation expiry
17 March 2008
Consultation end
17 March 2008
Target decision date
17 March 2008
Committee meeting
1 July 2008
Decision issued
7 July 2008
Application expires
3 April 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 February 2008

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 - 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.

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.

Source: St Albans

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