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46 Foxcroft St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 5SP

5/2026/0071AmendmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - Erection of a garden room to be used as an office and for purposes ancillary to the main dwelling at 46 Foxcroft St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 5SP

Submitted
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cunningham
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 46 Foxcroft St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 5SP. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 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.

55% of amendment 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. A Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) cannot be issued on the basis that the proposal fails to comply with criterion E. (a) Class E Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. It has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority that the outbuilding is required for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse. Christine Traill Strategic Director – Community and Place Delivery Dated 11/03/2026 First Schedule (Development/Use) - Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - Erection of a garden room to be used as an office and for purposes ancillary to the main dwelling Second Schedule (Location) - 46 Foxcroft St Albans Hertfordshire

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL1 5SP
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry
20 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Primrose Projects

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.

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