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12 Watford Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Aj

5/2016/3157Prior Notification HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 28 November 2016

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 3.7m in height x 6m in depth with 2.936m in height to the eaves

Received
19 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Verulam
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 12 Watford Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Aj. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Verulam. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 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
AL1 2AJ
Application type
Prior Notification Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2016
Consultation expiry
11 November 2016
Consultation end
11 November 2016
Target decision date
11 November 2016
Application expires
29 November 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

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.

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