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Aecom House 63-77 Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Er

5/2021/2557(Minor) Offices R&D Light IndustryRefused

Refused on 14 December 2021

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of a one storey upwards extension to part of the upper floor and four storey rear extension, upgraded plant, alterations including new front entrance and roof terrace, and revised parking layout

Received
7 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a rear extension at Aecom House 63-77 Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Er. St Albans has handled 12,346 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 3,226 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL1 3ER
Application type
(Minor) Offices R&D Light Industry
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2021
Consultation expiry
20 November 2021
Consultation end
20 November 2021
Target decision date
20 November 2021
Application expires
14 December 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 October 2021

Appeal history

3296895
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 July 2023Dev Type: Minor offices/R&D/light industryReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10186712
Documents
57

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 - Victoria Street
  • Article 4 direction: St Albans City Core
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

18 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Jan

    Discharge of Condition 6 (details of the cycle shelters) of planning permission 5/2025/0263

    RefusedDischarge of conditions5/2026/0055
  2. 2026
    12 Jan

    Discharge of Conditions 7 (secure access from Liverpool Road) and 8 (details of the cycle shelters) of…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions5/2026/0054
  3. 2025
    23 Dec

    Discharge of Condition 4 (mechanism of opening and sections) of planning permission 5/2025/0263

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/2343
  4. 2025
    19 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 3 (samples of materials) of planning permission 5/2025/0263

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/1182
  5. 2025
    4 Jun

    Prior Approval - Change of use of Class E space at first and second floor to form 23 apartments at Aecom…

    ApprovedPrior Approval - Office to residential5/2025/1099
  6. 2025
    14 May

    Prior Approval - Change of use of Class E space at ground floor to form 11 apartments at Aecom House 63-77…

    ApprovedPrior Approval - Office to residential5/2025/0972

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