Land Adjacent The Great Northern Ph 172 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Pq

5/2017/2623(Minor) DwellingsRefused

Refused on 16 November 2017

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of three storey building with basement level to create four, two bedroom and four, one bedroom flats with associated access and partial change of use of public house garden to Class C3 (residential)

Received: 19 September 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: St Peters

ReceivedReceived19 Sep
ValidatedValidated22 Sep
Consult.Consultation15 Nov
TargetTarget Date15 Nov
DecidedDecided16 Nov

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Land Adjacent The Great Northern Ph 172 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Pq. St Albans has handled 12,346 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 3,226 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: AL1 1PQ
Application type: (Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 September 2017
Consultation expiry: 15 November 2017
Consultation end: 15 November 2017
Target decision date: 15 November 2017
Committee meeting: 27 November 2017
Application expires: 16 November 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 4 October 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-6390946
Documents: 25

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 - London Road
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.

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Source: St Albans

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