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13 Spencer Gate St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 4Ad

5/2017/3535Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 January 2018

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion to create an extra bedroom and bathroom with minor alterations internally to the first floor

Received
13 December 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marshalswick South
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 13 Spencer Gate St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 4Ad. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

71% of outline 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 4AD
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2017
Target decision date
14 December 2017
Application expires
7 February 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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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    Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion to existing dwelling (resubmission following refusal…

    ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)Related5/2018/0301
  2. 2017
    13 Dec

    Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion to create an extra bedroom and bathroom with minor…

    This applicationRefusedOutline5/2017/3535

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