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18 Townsend Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Rq

5/2024/0108Discharge of ConditionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 3 (materials) and 5 (slab levels) of planning permission 5/2023/0859 dated 25/09/23 for Replacement detached dwelling with habitable roofspace and additional garage building following demolition of existing detached dwelling. New g

Received
19 January 2024
Decision due
16 February 2024
Ward
Batchwood
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 18 Townsend Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Rq. St Albans has handled 688 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 January 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

90% of conditions 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
AL3 5RQ
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2024
Consultation expiry
16 February 2024
Consultation end
16 February 2024
Application expires
17 March 2024

Planning decision

Decision
PENDING
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12732102
Documents
3

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. No date

    Demolition of existing dwelling and the construction of two dwellings at 18 Townsend Drive St Albans…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2024/2145
  2. No date

    Non Material Amendment - To House 2, only: Single storey projection increased in depth by 300 mm; minor…

    RefusedNon-material amendment5/2025/1300
  3. No date

    Discharge of Condition 5 (existing levels and proposed structural slab levels) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/1339
  4. No date

    Discharge of Condition 3 (details of materials) of planning permission 5/2024/2145

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions5/2025/1779
  5. No date

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) increased depth of single storey rear projection, alterations to…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2025/1593

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