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18 Townsend Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5RQ

5/2025/1593Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 November 2025

9 conditions

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

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) increased depth of single storey rear projection, alterations to openings, alterations to roof lights and installation of additional roof lights. Alterations to solar panels and addition of solar panels on crown roof, increased ridge height. Removal of wall base plinths on single storey rear projection and alteration to chimney of planning permission 5/2024/2145 dated 24/04/2025 for Demolition of existing dwelling and the construction of two dwellings at 18 Townsend Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5RQ

  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Nov

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 18 Townsend Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5RQ. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. There have been 4 other applications 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.

Application details

Postcode
AL3 5RQ

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

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.

Associated applications

  1. No date

    Demolition of existing dwelling and the construction of two dwellings at 18 Townsend Drive St Albans…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionApplicationPart of5/2024/2145
  2. No date

    Non Material Amendment - To House 2, only: Single storey projection increased in depth by 300 mm; minor…

    RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendment5/2025/1300
  3. No date

    Discharge of Condition 5 (existing levels and proposed structural slab levels) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/1339
  4. No date

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) increased depth of single storey rear projection, alterations to…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2025/1593
  5. No date

    Discharge of Condition 3 (details of materials) of planning permission 5/2024/2145

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions5/2025/1779

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