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20 Folly Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Qd

5/2017/3135HouseholderApproved

Approved on 16 January 2018

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionCentral

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

Proposal

Rear dormer window, front rooflights and alterations to openings (resubmission following withdrawal of 5/2017/1962)

Received
7 November 2017
Decision level
Central
Ward
Batchwood
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target6 Dec
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 20 Folly Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Qd. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Batchwood. 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 5QD
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2017
Consultation expiry
6 December 2017
Consultation end
6 December 2017
Target decision date
6 December 2017
Committee meeting
15 January 2018
Application expires
4 January 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 November 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-6397100
Documents
8

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 - Folly Lane, Garden Fields and the Old Hospital
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    1 Feb

    Discharge of Condition 3 (samples of materials) to planning permission 5/2017/3135

    Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2018/0269
  2. 2017
    7 Nov

    Rear dormer window, front rooflights and alterations to openings (resubmission following withdrawal of…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2017/3135

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