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5 Chaucer Close Sandridge Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4FJ

5/2025/2136OutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 January 2026

Council decision: NCS Prior approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 3m in height x 4m in depth with 2.5m height to eaves at 5 Chaucer Close Sandridge Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4FJ

Submitted
21 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bernards Heath
Agent
Design92 Ltd
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 5 Chaucer Close Sandridge Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4FJ. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Bernards Heath. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 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
AL1 4FJ
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry
26 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Design92 Ltd
Architect profile
DESIGN92 LIMITED

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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