4 Smallford Lane Smallford St Albans Al4 0Sa

5/2010/0341HouseholderRefused

Refused on 6 April 2010

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Two storey side extension

Received: 15 February 2010
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Colney Heath

ReceivedReceived15 Feb
ValidatedValidated16 Feb
Consult.Consultation22 Mar
TargetTarget Date22 Mar
DecidedDecided6 Apr

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at 4 Smallford Lane Smallford St Albans Al4 0Sa. 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. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0SA
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 February 2010
Consultation expiry: 22 March 2010
Consultation end: 22 March 2010
Target decision date: 22 March 2010
Committee meeting: 6 April 2010
Application expires: 12 April 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

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.

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Source: St Albans

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