Oaklea Chequers Lane Garston Hertfordshire Watford WD25 0GN
Withdrawn on 2 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - The proposal seeks planning confirmation for the erection of a new garage and office building and a detached pool/gym outbuilding, following the demolition of the existing garage currently on site.The proposed garage and office building will be positioned approximately 2 meters from the boundary line and designed with a dual-pitched roof reaching a maximum height of 4 meters.The pool/gym outbuilding will be sited along the boundary line, with a maximum overall height of 2.5 meters measured from the lowest ground level at Oaklea Chequers Lane Garston Hertfordshire Watford WD25 0GN
- Submitted
- 12 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- St Stephen
- Agent
- Paradigm Architects
- ReceivedSubmitted12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Mar
Decided in 110 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Oaklea Chequers Lane Garston Hertfordshire Watford WD25 0GN. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 110 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across St Stephen. We hold 496 applications in total for the WD25 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- WD25 0GN
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Consultation expiry
- 19 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Paradigm Architects
- Architect profile
- PARADIGM STUDIO LIMITED
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: St Albans
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202626 Mar
The proposed development comprises a double-storey, staggered rear extension to the existing dwelling at…
DC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2026/0620 - No date
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) The proposal seeks permission for a single-storey side extension and a…
WithdrawnApplication5/2025/2078
Source: St Albans
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