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16 Cannon Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5JS

5/2025/0627HouseholderApproved

Approved on 27 June 2025

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed part side and rear ground floor single storey extension with flat and mono pitched roof including a rooflight at 16 Cannon Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5JS

Received
31 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Batchwood
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided27 Jun

Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 16 Cannon Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5JS. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Batchwood. We hold 2,255 applications in total for the AL3 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
AL3 5JS
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2025
Consultation expiry
7 June 2025
Consultation end
7 June 2025
Target decision date
7 June 2025
Application expires
26 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
SELC ARCHITECTURE LTD

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13901475
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: St Albans - Folly Lane, Garden Fields and the Old Hospital
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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    31 Mar

    Proposed part side and rear ground floor single storey extension with flat and mono pitched roof including a…

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