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Cherry Tree Cottage Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8La

5/2023/1348HouseholderRefused

Refused on 28 November 2023

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

First floor rear extension and alteration to fenestration

Received
25 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 155 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Cherry Tree Cottage Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8La. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 14 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Gustard Wood conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Sandridge & Wheathampstead. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 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
AL4 8LA
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wheathampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2023
Consultation expiry
24 August 2023
Consultation end
24 August 2023
Target decision date
24 August 2023
Application expires
20 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12257870
Documents
20

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: Gustard Wood
  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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