4 Smallford Lane Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Sa
Approved on 1 April 2024
Council decision: NCS Prior approval required and given
Proposal
Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 3.5m in height x 5.0m in depth with 2.7m height to eaves
- Received
- 21 February 2024
- Ward
- Colney Heath
- ReceivedReceived21 Feb
- ValidatedValidated21 Feb
- Consult.Consultation22 Mar
- TargetTarget Date22 Mar
- DecidedDecided1 Apr
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 4 Smallford Lane Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Sa. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Colney Heath. 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 0SA
- Application type
- Prior Notification Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Colney Heath
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 February 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 22 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 22 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 22 March 2024
- Application expires
- 2 April 2024
Applicant and agent
- Architect profile
- JOHN EDGELL LIMITED
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Saira Alam
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: St Albans
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202423 Oct
Proposed demolition of existing side garage and utility and erection of a single storey side extension.
DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholder5/2024/1815 - 20241 Mar
Construction of front porch and rear extension with internal alterations and alterations to roof over…
DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholder5/2024/0375
Source: St Albans
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