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20 Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Rq

5/2014/1389Prior Notification HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 30 June 2014

Council decision: NCS Prior approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 3.5m in height x 5.8m in depth with 3.5m height to the eaves

Received
14 May 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Colney Heath
  1. Received14 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 20 Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Rq. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 2 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.

71% of outline 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
Prior Notification Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2014
Consultation expiry
13 June 2014
Consultation end
13 June 2014
Target decision date
13 June 2014
Application expires
2 July 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

Source: St Albans

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