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2 Heritage Close High Street St Albans Al3 4Eb

5/2008/0352Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Approved
Full

Approved on 25 March 2008

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Loft conversion with two front rooflights and new door and windows (amendment to planning permission 5/07/2243 dated 13/11/07)

Received
4 February 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Verulam
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 2 Heritage Close High Street St Albans Al3 4Eb. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Verulam. We hold 2,256 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 4EB
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2008
Consultation expiry
10 March 2008
Consultation end
10 March 2008
Target decision date
10 March 2008
Committee meeting
25 March 2008
Decision issued
26 March 2008
Application expires
31 March 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.

  • Conservation area: St Albans - The Commercial Centre
  • 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
    4 Feb

    Loft conversion with two front rooflights and new door and windows (amendment to planning permission…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2008/0352
  2. 2008
    30 Jan

    Removal of Condition 2 (the windows and doors to be used in the development shall be white painted timber) of…

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside5/2008/0251

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