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2 Dorcas Court Old London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Pw

5/2021/1956(Minor) DwellingsApproved

Approved on 27 August 2021

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Loft conversion to create an additional one bedroom flat with rear dormer windows, front rooflights and addition of side window (resubmission following refusal of 5/2021/0368)

Received
2 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sopwell
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a loft conversion at 2 Dorcas Court Old London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Pw. St Albans has handled 12,340 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 76 applications across Sopwell. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL1 1PW
Application type
(Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2021
Consultation expiry
7 August 2021
Consultation end
7 August 2021
Target decision date
7 August 2021
Application expires
29 August 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 July 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10001819
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.

  • 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.

Source: St Albans

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