21 Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4DG
Approved on 16 December 2025
Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission12 conditions
Proposal
Construction of additional storey, extension to lower ground floor, rear terrace and alterations to front facade to form four bedroom semi-detached dwelling at 21 Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4DG
- Received
- 24 December 2024
- Ward
- Verulam
- ReceivedReceived24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation22 Mar
- TargetTarget Date22 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Dec
Decided in 315 days
About this application
This is a planning application for an extension at 21 Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4DG. St Albans has handled 12,346 applications of this type. This one was decided in 357 days, 43 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Verulam. We hold 2,256 applications in total for the AL3 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- AL3 4DG
- Application type
- (Minor) Dwellings
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Central St Albans
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 22 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 22 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 March 2025
- Application expires
- 31 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 February 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13660967
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Albans - Verulam Road
- Article 4 direction: Verulam and Fishpool Street
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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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© 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.
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Associated applications
- 202424 Dec
Construction of additional storey, extension to lower ground floor, rear terrace and alterations to front…
This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2024/2288 - No date
Discharge of Conditions 3 (construction methods), 4 (materials), 5 (written scheme of archaeological work), 6…
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2026/0870
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202329 Nov
Prior Approval - Change of use from Class E (commercial) to Class C3 (residential) to one residential dwelling
ApprovedPrior Approval - Office to residential5/2023/2415 - No date
Construction of additional storey to form four bedroom semi-detached dwelling and extension to lower ground…
DC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2024/1716
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