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4 Etna Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Nj

5/2017/2472HouseholderApproved

Approved on 7 November 2017

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension, basement extension, insertion of openings and installation of rooflights

Received
30 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 4 Etna Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Nj. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 2,255 applications in total for the AL3 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
AL3 5NJ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2017
Consultation expiry
18 October 2017
Consultation end
18 October 2017
Target decision date
18 October 2017
Application expires
8 November 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 September 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-6312566
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: St Albans - Gombards and the Spencer Park Estate
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

Source: St Albans

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