5 Swans Close St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0TL

5/2025/1911Approved

Approved on 23 January 2026

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission3 conditions

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension with roof lantern,, raising of ridge height and insertion of front rooflights, rear dormer window to incorporate habitable loft space, alterations to front porch with new front brickwork, wall and piers and shed in garden. at 5 Swans Close St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0TL

Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Hill End
Agent: Araco Design Studio Architects Ltd

ReceivedSubmitted
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided23 Jan

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey rear extension at 5 Swans Close St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0TL. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode: AL4 0TL

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Araco Design Studio Architects Ltd
Architect profile: ARACO DESIGN STUDIO ARCHITECTS LTD

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.

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

2026
2 Mar
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to increase the rear proposed extension my 500mm toward the back of…
DC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2026/0391
No date
Single storey rear extension with roof lantern,, raising of ridge height and insertion of front rooflights…
This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2025/1911

Source: St Albans

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