104 Bucknalls Lane Garston Hertfordshire WD25 9NH
Refused on 28 October 2025
Council decision: NCS Prior approval required and refusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Prior Approval - Enlargement of a dwelling house by construction of one additional storey to a maximum height of 8.709m at 104 Bucknalls Lane Garston Hertfordshire WD25 9NH
- Received
- 3 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- St Stephen
- ReceivedReceived3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated4 Sep
- Consult.Consultation11 Oct
- TargetTarget Date11 Oct
- DecidedDecided28 Oct
Decided in 54 days
About this application
This is a planning application at 104 Bucknalls Lane Garston Hertfordshire WD25 9NH. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across St Stephen. We hold 496 applications in total for the WD25 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- Prior approval is required and refused for the proposed construction of an additional storey on the basis that the proposal would fail to comply with the provisions of AA.2(3)(a)(i) by having an unacceptable overbearing impact on the occupiers of neighbouring property 106 Bucknalls Lane. Furthermore, the proposed additional storey would appear as an incongruous feature that would not be sympathetic to local character and disrupt the consistent and largely repetitive form, character and appearance of Bucknalls Lane, contrary to the provisions of AA.2(3)(a)(ii)(aa). Planning permission is therefore required for the proposed works.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- WD25 9NH
- Application type
- PAO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St Stephen
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 11 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 11 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 October 2025
- Application expires
- 29 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 September 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: St Albans
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202516 Dec
Certificate o Lawfulness (proposed) - Conversion of loft space to provide habitable accommodation, hip to…
PendingCertificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)5/2025/2290 - No date
Loft conversion and roof alterations comprising hip to gable alterations, rear dormer window, raising of…
RefusedApplication5/2025/0203
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