47 Chestnut Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0ER
Approved on 19 November 2025
Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Single storey front extension with rooflight at 47 Chestnut Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0ER
- Received
- 24 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hill End
- ReceivedReceived24 Sep
- ValidatedValidated25 Sep
- Consult.Consultation14 Nov
- TargetTarget Date14 Nov
- DecidedDecided19 Nov
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a front extension at 47 Chestnut Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0ER. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Hill End. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 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
- AL4 0ER
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 November 2025
- Application expires
- 19 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- FARTHING HOUSE LIMITED
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14323440
- Documents
- 21
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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Associated applications
- 202524 Sep
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - New ground and first floor rear extension with loft conversion…
RefusedCertificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)Filed alongside5/2025/1750 - 202524 Sep
Single storey front extension with rooflight at 47 Chestnut Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0ER
This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2025/1752
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202631 Jul
New ground floor entrance extension with skylight to the front elevation and alterations to openings at 47…
PendingApplication5/2026/1360 - 20268 Jun
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - New loft conversion incorporating rear dormer at 47 Chestnut Drive St…
ApprovedApplication5/2026/1093 - 20252 Dec
Part single, part two storey rear extension with rooflights and alterations to openings at 47 Chestnut Drive…
DC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2025/2201
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