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13 West View Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Jx

5/2018/1327HouseholderApproved

Approved on 24 July 2018

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionCentral

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

Proposal

Extension to existing loft conversion with rear dormer window, new openings to side elevation

Received
15 May 2018
Decision level
Central
Ward
Batchwood
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 13 West View Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Jx. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. 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 65 applications across Batchwood. 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 5JX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2018
Consultation expiry
27 June 2018
Consultation end
27 June 2018
Target decision date
27 June 2018
Committee meeting
23 July 2018
Application expires
10 July 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 June 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-6974002
Documents
13

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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