13 Chestnut Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Er

5/2023/1354Prior Notification HouseholderApproved

Householder

Approved on 8 August 2023

Council decision: NCS Prior approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension 3.25m in height x 4.82m in depth and 2.81m in height to the eaves

Received: 25 June 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Hill End

ReceivedReceived25 Jun
ValidatedValidated29 Jun
Consult.Consultation28 Jul
TargetTarget Date28 Jul
DecidedDecided8 Aug

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 13 Chestnut Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Er. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Hill End. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 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: AL4 0ER
Application type: Prior Notification Householder
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 June 2023
Consultation expiry: 28 July 2023
Consultation end: 28 July 2023
Target decision date: 28 July 2023
Application expires: 9 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 41 days

Additional information

Documents: 8

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.

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Source: St Albans

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