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14 Liverpool Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Uj

5/2023/0027HouseholderRefused

Refused on 5 April 2023

Council decision: DC4 Refusal

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

Proposal

Loft conversion with rear dormer window and rooflights on front roof slope

Received
6 January 2023
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided5 Apr

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 14 Liverpool Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Uj. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 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 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 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
AL1 3UJ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2023
Consultation expiry
18 February 2023
Consultation end
18 February 2023
Target decision date
18 February 2023
Application expires
12 March 2023

Planning decision

Case officer
Lucy Pedder
Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 January 2023

Appeal history

3322127
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 July 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11823010
Documents
11

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
  • 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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