15 Waddling Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Fd

5/2024/0882HouseholderApproved

Approved on 8 July 2024

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Loft conversion with rear dormer window and addition of two side windows

Received: 19 May 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Sandridge & Wheathampstead

ReceivedReceived19 May
ValidatedValidated20 May
Consult.Consultation21 Jun
TargetTarget Date21 Jun
DecidedDecided8 Jul

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 15 Waddling Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Fd. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Sandridge & Wheathampstead. We hold 2,082 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 8FD
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wheathampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 May 2024
Consultation expiry: 21 June 2024
Consultation end: 21 June 2024
Target decision date: 21 June 2024
Application expires: 14 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 May 2024

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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