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3 West View Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Jx

5/2021/2371HouseholderApproved

Approved on 14 October 2021

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey side and rear extension with roof lights, alterations and extension to basement to increase floor to ceiling height and form new utility and shower rooms, alterations to openings, alterations to front stairs and new front railings

Received
13 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Batchwood
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 3 West View Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Jx. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days 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
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2021
Consultation expiry
18 September 2021
Consultation end
18 September 2021
Target decision date
18 September 2021
Application expires
10 October 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 August 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10009092
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 - 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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