Skip to content

The Farmhouse Round House Farm Roestock Lane Colney Heath St Albans Al4 0Pp

5/2024/0636HouseholderRefused

Refused on 5 July 2024

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey side extensions and two storey rear extension with roof alterations (resubmission following refusal of 5/2022/303)

Received
9 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Colney Heath
  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.25 May
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided5 Jul

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at The Farmhouse Round House Farm Roestock Lane Colney Heath St Albans Al4 0Pp. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 4 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
AL4 0PP
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2024
Consultation expiry
25 May 2024
Consultation end
25 May 2024
Target decision date
25 May 2024
Application expires
4 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 May 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
App/B1930/D/24/3350286
Appeal date
19 August 2024
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
25 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12949018
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near AL4

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for two-storey and first-floor extensions on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.