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1 Beesonend Cottages Beesonend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2AA

5/2025/2044Refused

Refused on 11 February 2026

Council decision: DC4 Refusal2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Proposed erection of single-storey Garage and new EV charger to side of property at 1 Beesonend Cottages Beesonend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2AA

Ward
Redbourn
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Feb

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 1 Beesonend Cottages Beesonend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2AA. St Albans has handled 12,346 applications of this type. The site is in the Childwickbury conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Redbourn. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The application site is located in the Metropolitan Green Belt wherein there is strict control over the extension and alteration of existing dwelling houses. The proposed garage, cumulatively with the existing extensions, would amount to a disproportionate addition over and above the size of the original dwellinghouse and there are no very special circumstances in this case that would overcome the harm by reason of inappropriateness. The proposal would therefore result in significant and demonstrable harm, contrary to the aims of Policies 1 (Metropolitan Green Belt) and 13 (Extensions or Replacement Dwellings in the Green Belt of the St Albans District Local Plan Review 1994, the Supplementary Planning Guidance (Residential Extensions and Replacement Dwellings in the Green Belt) and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.
  2. By virtue of its siting and resultant prominence in views along Beesonend Lane, the proposed garage would fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Childwickbury Conservation Area and would harm the setting of the locally listed dwelling. The development is therefore contrary to Policies 69, 72, 85 and 87 of the St Albans District Local Plan Review (1994) and the NPPF 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL5 2AA

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Clarke & Whalen
Architect profile
CLARKE & WHALEN ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Childwickbury
  • Article 4 direction: Beesonend
  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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