Astridge Farm Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8La
Approved on 18 October 2024
Council decision: DC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Listed Building consent - Two storey rear extension. Side dormer window. Alterations to retaining wall
- Received
- 17 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sandridge & Wheathampstead
- ReceivedReceived17 Oct
- ValidatedValidated9 Apr
- Consult.Consultation25 May
- TargetTarget Date25 May
- DecidedDecided18 Oct
Decided in 192 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a two storey rear extension at Astridge Farm Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8La. St Albans has handled 375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 367 days, 44 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Gustard Wood conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Sandridge & Wheathampstead. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.
91% of heritage 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 8LA
- Application type
- Listed Buildings Applications
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wheathampstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 April 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 25 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 25 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 25 May 2024
- Application expires
- 3 June 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 May 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 19
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Gustard Wood
- Green belt: St Albans
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- No date
Discharge of Condition 3 (materials) of planning permission 5/2023/2123
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/1840 - No date
Listed Building Consent - Removal of a chimney stack at Astridge Farm Gustard Wood Wheathampstead…
DC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentListed building consent5/2025/1983 - No date
Removal of a chimney stack at Astridge Farm Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8LA
DC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2025/1915
Source: St Albans
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