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32 Bernard Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Qn

5/2018/0893HouseholderApproved

Approved on 29 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 with rooflights. Loft conversion with rear dormer window. Removal of chimney. Insertion of two windows to first floor side elevation.

Received
3 April 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 32 Bernard Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Qn. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. 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 5QN
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2018
Consultation expiry
23 May 2018
Consultation end
23 May 2018
Target decision date
23 May 2018
Application expires
29 May 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 April 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-6862873
Documents
11

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.

Source: St Albans

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