17 Bridle Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Hx

5/2017/3282HouseholderApproved

Approved on 16 January 2018

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Raising of ridge height to incorporate loft conversion with front and rear dormer windows and front rooflights

Received: 21 November 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Marshalswick South

ReceivedReceived21 Nov
ValidatedValidated22 Nov
Consult.Consultation20 Dec
TargetTarget Date20 Dec
DecidedDecided16 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 17 Bridle Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Hx. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5HX
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 November 2017
Consultation expiry: 20 December 2017
Consultation end: 20 December 2017
Target decision date: 20 December 2017
Application expires: 16 January 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 November 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-6550547
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.

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.

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Source: St Albans

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