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20 Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Al4 0Rq

5/2012/0531HouseholderRefused

Refused on 1 May 2012

Council decision: DC4 RefusalSouth

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

Proposal

Two storey front and side extension, single storey rear extension and front canopy

Received
23 February 2012
Decision level
South
Ward
Colney Heath
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 20 Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Al4 0Rq. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer 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 0RQ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2012
Consultation expiry
30 March 2012
Consultation end
30 March 2012
Target decision date
30 March 2012
Committee meeting
30 April 2012
Application expires
22 April 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-1832744
Documents
15

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2012
    12 Jun

    Two storey front, side and rear extensions and front canopy (resubmission following refusal of 5/2012/0531

    DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholderRelated5/2012/1626
  2. 2012
    23 Feb

    Two storey front and side extension, single storey rear extension and front canopy

    This applicationRefusedFull5/2012/0531

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