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24 Orchard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Jp

5/2018/0836HouseholderApproved

Approved on 25 May 2018

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Part single, part two storey side and rear extensions, enlargement of front and rear dormer windows and addition of side rooflights following demolition of rear conservatory and outbuildings

Received
27 March 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cunningham
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided25 May

Decided in 51 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 59 days, 3 days longer 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
4 April 2018
Consultation expiry
11 May 2018
Consultation end
11 May 2018
Target decision date
11 May 2018
Application expires
29 May 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-6850031
Documents
19

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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