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Ellen House 63 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Lj

5/2023/0396(Minor) DwellingsApproved

Approved on 26 June 2023

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission

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

Proposal

Change of use from office to four residential apartments, alterations to front elevation, installation of solar panels to roof, rendering to rear elevations, changes to fenestration and external openings, insertion of rooflights to rear roof, changes to e

Received
22 February 2023
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated15 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 103 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Ellen House 63 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Lj. St Albans has handled 12,346 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 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 1LJ
Application type
(Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 March 2023
Consultation expiry
29 April 2023
Consultation end
28 April 2023
Target decision date
28 April 2023
Application expires
9 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
CLARKE & WHALEN ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
George Kent
Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11937779
Documents
13

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 - London Road
  • 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.

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    Discharge of Conditions 4 (hard and soft landscape works), 5 (noise assessment), 6 (levels of noise and…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/0149
  2. 2023
    22 Feb

    Change of use from office to four residential apartments, alterations to front elevation, installation of…

    This applicationApprovedApplication5/2023/0396

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