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68 High Oaks St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Dn

5/2023/0233(Minor) DwellingsRefused

Refused on 28 April 2023

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage, construction of an end terraced, three bedroom dwelling, bin store, bicycle store and associated parking (resubmission following refusal of 5/2022/0547)

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Batchwood
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 52 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 68 High Oaks St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Dn. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

Application details

Postcode
AL3 6DN
Application type
(Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 March 2023
Consultation expiry
25 April 2023
Consultation end
25 April 2023
Target decision date
25 April 2023
Application expires
1 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11901509
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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