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28 New House Park St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1UQ

5/2025/1952HouseholderRefused

Refused on 18 December 2025

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Front extension at first floor and loft extension and conversion at 28 New House Park St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1UQ

Received
22 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cunningham
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a front extension at 28 New House Park St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1UQ. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Cunningham. We hold 3,226 applications in total for the AL1 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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Why it was refused

  1. Having regard to the site context, being amongst dwellings of a similar size and scale to the host dwelling, the proposed increase in the height of the eaves to the front of the dwelling plus the introduction of a flat, bulky roof combined with the increase in height would have a significantly adverse impact on the existing street scene. The proposed development is therefore considered to be unacceptable and to be contrary to Policies 69(i) and 72(i) and (ii) of the St Albans Local Plan Review and the provisions of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL1 1UQ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 December 2025
Consultation end
12 December 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025
Application expires
17 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
INIGO ARCHITECTURE LIMITED

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14431045
Documents
6

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.

Source: St Albans

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