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Round House Farm Roestock Lane Colney Heath St Albans Al4 0Pp

5/2014/2334(Minor) DwellingsRefused

Refused on 25 November 2014

Council decision: DC4 RefusalSouth

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and change of use from mixed use class B1 and class B8 (general office, industrial and storage and distribution) to Class C3 (dwellings) to create four, three bedroom and two, two bedroom dwellings and detached garage with

Received
14 August 2014
Decision level
South
Ward
Colney Heath
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 96 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Round House Farm Roestock Lane Colney Heath St Albans Al4 0Pp. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 5 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.

Application details

Postcode
AL4 0PP
Application type
(Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2014
Consultation expiry
4 November 2014
Consultation end
4 November 2014
Target decision date
4 November 2014
Committee meeting
24 November 2014
Application expires
15 October 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
75 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 September 2014

Appeal

Appeal reference
App/B1930/W/15/3010058
Appeal date
7 April 2015
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
9 July 2015

Additional information

Documents
37

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

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© 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

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    3 Jul

    Erection of four detached and two semi detached dwellings with associated access, landscaping, parking and…

    Refused(Minor) Dwellings5/2013/1785
  2. 2013
    3 Jun

    Discharge of Conditions 7 (on site parking), 9 (refuse screening), 12 (landscaping works), 13 (soft…

    Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2013/1409
  3. 2013
    11 Feb

    Demolition of existing buildings and erection of four detached and two semi-detached dwellings with…

    WithdrawnInvalid5/2013/0310
  4. 2011
    21 Jun

    Demolition of existing buildings and erection of four, two bedroom and three, three bedroom dwellings

    DC3 Conditional Permission(Minor) Dwellings5/2011/1450
  5. 2006
    19 Jun

    Variation of Condition 6 (new window to west elevation) of planning permission 5/05/0704 dated 24/05/05

    DC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2006/1346
  6. 2006
    24 Apr

    Variation of Condition 10 (renewal of two purlins and single ridge board from barn roof) of planning…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2006/1205

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