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Affinity Water Depot Roestock Lane Colney Heath St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Qq

5/2015/0784Smale Scale Major - DwellingsRefused
Full

Refused on 6 July 2015

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Outline application (all matters reserved) - Demolition of existing buildings (retention of existing pumping station) and construction of 30 dwellings with associated works

Received
17 March 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Colney Heath
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Affinity Water Depot Roestock Lane Colney Heath St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Qq. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 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 0QQ
Application type
Smale Scale Major - Dwellings
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
30
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2015
Consultation expiry
20 May 2015
Consultation end
20 May 2015
Target decision date
20 May 2015
Application expires
8 July 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 April 2015

Appeal

Appeal reference
App/B1930/W/15/3137409
Appeal date
28 October 2015
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
26 February 2016

Additional information

Documents
60

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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