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Bury Farm Cottage 53 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8DF

5/2026/0058HeritageApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 30 June 2026

Council decision: DC10 Listed Building Conditional Consent10 conditions

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

Proposal

Listed Building consent - Widening of existing driveway, removal of garage, proposed rear extension and service store, proposed rear and side fenestration alterations and internal reordering. at Bury Farm Cottage 53 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8DF

Submitted
13 January 2026
Ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
Agent
Clague Architects
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a rear extension at Bury Farm Cottage 53 Ash Grove Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8DF. St Albans has handled 375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Sandridge & Wheathampstead. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.

91% of heritage 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
AL4 8DF
Application type
Heritage
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry
28 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Clague Architects
Architect profile
CLAGUE 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.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1916Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Oct

    Discharge of Condition 3 (larger scale detailed plans and drawings of windows and doors) of Listed Building…

    PendingDischarge of conditions5/2026/1801
  2. 2026
    13 Jan

    Listed Building consent - Widening of existing driveway, removal of garage, proposed rear extension and…

    This applicationDC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentListed building consent5/2026/0058

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