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38 Ramsbury Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Sw

5/2018/0381HouseholderRefused

Refused on 6 April 2018

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Replacement single storey rear extension with rooflights, loft conversion with rear dormer window and front rooflights

Received
12 February 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sopwell
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 38 Ramsbury Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Sw. 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. 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 76 applications across Sopwell. 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 1SW
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2018
Consultation expiry
21 March 2018
Consultation end
21 March 2018
Target decision date
21 March 2018
Application expires
9 April 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-6739158
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.

  • Conservation area: St Albans - Alma Road and Priory Park
  • 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
    16 Apr

    Replacement single storey rear extension with rooflights (resubmission following refusal of 5/2018/0381

    DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholderRelated5/2018/1045
  2. 2018
    12 Feb

    Replacement single storey rear extension with rooflights, loft conversion with rear dormer window and front…

    This applicationRefusedFull5/2018/0381

Source: St Albans

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