12 Springfield Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Lx

5/2024/0843(Minor) DwellingsRefused

Refused on 18 November 2024

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear and two storey side extensions with internal alterations to existing building to create five flats and construction of detached annexe, alterations to openings, front canopy roof, bin stores and cycle storage, associated parking and lan

Received: 15 May 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Cunningham

ReceivedReceived15 May
ValidatedValidated24 Sep
Consult.Consultation26 Oct
TargetTarget Date26 Oct
DecidedDecided18 Nov

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at 12 Springfield Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Lx. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 187 days, 19 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Cunningham. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: AL1 5LX
Application type: (Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 September 2024
Consultation expiry: 26 October 2024
Consultation end: 26 October 2024
Target decision date: 26 October 2024
Application expires: 18 November 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 3 October 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference: App/B1930/W/25/3365337
Appeal date: 8 May 2025

Additional information

Documents: 23

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.

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Source: St Albans

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