4 Smallford Lane Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Sa
Approved on 11 September 2024
Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Construction of front porch and rear extension with internal alterations and alterations to roof over existing conservatory and garage
- Received
- 1 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Colney Heath
- ReceivedReceived1 Mar
- ValidatedValidated4 Mar
- Consult.Consultation8 Apr
- TargetTarget Date8 Apr
- DecidedDecided11 Sep
Decided in 191 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 4 Smallford Lane Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Sa. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 194 days, 20 weeks longer 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.
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 0SA
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Colney Heath
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 8 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 8 April 2024
- Target decision date
- 8 April 2024
- Application expires
- 28 April 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 March 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12836023
- Documents
- 12
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 - 202421 Feb
Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 3.5m in height x 5.0m in depth with 2.7m height to eaves
ApprovedHouseholder5/2024/0332
Source: St Albans
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