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40 Windermere Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Qn

5/2024/0912HouseholderRefused

Refused on 26 July 2024

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of part single, part two storey rear extension and front porch

Received
28 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cunningham
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target8 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 40 Windermere Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Qn. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days 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.

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
AL1 5QN
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2024
Consultation expiry
8 July 2024
Consultation end
8 July 2024
Target decision date
8 July 2024
Application expires
23 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
App/B1930/D/24/3353731
Appeal date
15 October 2024
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
25 February 2025

Appeal history

3353731
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 February 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13100630
Documents
7

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.

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

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