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24 Orchard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Jp

5/2017/3038HouseholderRefused

Refused on 19 December 2017

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Two storey side and rear extension with rear juliette balcony, single storey rear extension, extension to existing front dormer, rear terrace and installation of rooflights following demolition of existing conservatory

Received
27 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cunningham
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 24 Orchard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Jp. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Cunningham. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 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
AL1 1JP
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2017
Consultation expiry
24 November 2017
Consultation end
24 November 2017
Target decision date
24 November 2017
Application expires
27 December 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-6492998
Documents
22

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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