34 Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8RR
Approved on 19 November 2025
Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Erection of Outbuilding for the purposes incidental to the dwellinghouse at 34 Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8RR
- Received
- 7 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sandridge & Wheathampstead
- ReceivedReceived7 Oct
- ValidatedValidated8 Oct
- Consult.Consultation7 Nov
- TargetTarget Date7 Nov
- DecidedDecided19 Nov
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 34 Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8RR. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Gustard Wood conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Sandridge & Wheathampstead. We hold 2,082 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.
71% of outline 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 8RR
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wheathampstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 7 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 7 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 November 2025
- Application expires
- 2 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- MOHNS & SANDERS LIMITED
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Gustard Wood
- Green belt: St Albans
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 Jun
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Erection of Outbuilding for the purposes incidental to the…
ApprovedApplication5/2026/1185 - 202521 Nov
Erection of a porch to the side, alterations to openings to the side elevation, and installation of an air…
ApprovedApplication5/2025/2126 - 202518 Jul
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to widen first floor rear extension to enable repositioning of a…
DC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2025/1372 - 20257 Feb
First floor rear extension at 34 Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8RR
PendingApplication5/2024/2247
Source: St Albans
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