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34 Chiswell Green Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3An

5/2023/0622Prior Notification HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 27 April 2023

Council decision: NCS Prior approval required and refusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 2.9m in height x 5.97m in depth with 2.5m height to eaves

Received
21 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Stephen
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 34 Chiswell Green Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3An. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across St Stephen. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the AL2 postcode area.

71% of outline 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
AL2 3AN
Application type
Prior Notification Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Stephen

Planning application dates

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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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