35 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Df

5/2016/3137Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)Approved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 23 November 2016

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - Single storey rear extension

Received: 17 October 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Wheathampstead

ReceivedReceived17 Oct
ValidatedValidated27 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date27 Oct
DecidedDecided23 Nov

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 35 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Df. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.

55% of amendment 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 8DF
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wheathampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 October 2016
Target decision date: 27 October 2016
Application expires: 21 December 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-5559951
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Tree Preservation Order: TPO1916Protected tree on or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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