Birch Cottage 55 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Qu

5/2014/1942Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 September 2014

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Rear dormer window and alteration to existing windows

Received: 10 July 2014
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden East

ReceivedReceived10 Jul
ValidatedValidated11 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date11 Jul
DecidedDecided4 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at Birch Cottage 55 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Qu. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Harpenden East. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 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: AL5 4QU
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 July 2014
Target decision date: 11 July 2014
Application expires: 4 September 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Source: St Albans

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