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Hawthorns Roestock Lane Colney Heath St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Qw

5/2020/2986(Minor) DwellingsRefused

Refused on 31 March 2021

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing structures and construction of three bedroom detached dwelling with associated landscaping and parking

Received
10 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Colney Heath
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 71 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Hawthorns Roestock Lane Colney Heath St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Qw. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Colney Heath. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL4 0QW
Application type
(Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2021
Consultation expiry
6 March 2021
Consultation end
6 March 2021
Target decision date
6 March 2021
Application expires
15 March 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 February 2021

Appeal

Appeal reference
App/B1930/W/21/3275909
Appeal date
26 May 2021
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
5 April 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-9309807
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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. 2023
    24 Aug

    Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - To establish that planning permission granted on appeal, referenced…

    ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness (existing)Related5/2023/1797
  2. 2020
    10 Dec

    Demolition of existing structures and construction of three bedroom detached dwelling with associated…

    This applicationRefusedApplication5/2020/2986

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