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30 Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Al4 0Rq

5/2008/1968HouseholderRefused

Refused on 9 October 2008

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey front and side extensions

Received
18 August 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Colney Heath
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 30 Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Al4 0Rq. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Colney Heath. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 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
AL4 0RQ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2008
Consultation expiry
29 September 2008
Consultation end
29 September 2008
Target decision date
29 September 2008
Committee meeting
9 October 2008
Decision issued
10 October 2008
Application expires
13 October 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 September 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.

  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2010
    22 Dec

    Two storey side extension and roof alterations (amendment to planning permission 5/10/0057 dated 03/03/2010)

    DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholder5/2010/3077
  2. 2010
    11 Nov

    Non-material amendment - Alterations to roof and openings to side elevations of planning permission 5/10/0057…

    RefusedNon-material amendment5/2010/2725
  3. 2010
    8 Jan

    Two storey side extension and roof alterations

    DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholder5/2010/0057
  4. 2009
    14 Aug

    Two storey front and side extension

    WithdrawnHouseholder5/2009/1634
  5. 2009
    20 Mar

    Two storey side extension (resubmission following refusal of 5/08/1968)

    RefusedHouseholder5/2009/0541
  6. 2002
    22 Aug

    Two storey front and rear extension (resubmission following refusal of 5/02/0755)

    DC3 Conditional PermissionFull Planning Application (pre-2009)5/2002/1712

Source: St Albans

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