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6 Wheatleys St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 9UE

5/2026/0148OutlineRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 March 2026

Council decision: NCS Prior approval required and refusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 2.94m in height x 6.00m in depth with 2.50m height to eaves at 6 Wheatleys St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 9UE

Submitted
28 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 6 Wheatleys St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 9UE. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm. We hold 2,082 applications in total for the AL4 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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Why it was refused

  1. The prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required and refused because the proposed single storey rear extension fails to comply with the conditions and limitations of Class A, Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). The dwelling has previously been extended under planning permission ref. 5/2005/2487, resulting in part single storey and part two storey rear projections that create a stepped rear elevation and a wall functioning as a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse. When joined to these existing additions, the proposed extension would form part of a combined structure that has more than a single storey and would project more than 3m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse, contrary to paragraph A.1(h). In addition, when assessed cumulatively, the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would be situated within 2m of the boundary of the curtilage, and the eaves height of the combined enlargement would exceed 3m, contrary to paragraph A.1(i). As the total enlargement comprising the proposed extension together with existing extensions to which it would be attached exceeds the limits set out under subparagraphs (h) and (i), the development also fails paragraph A.1(ja). Consequently, the proposal does not constitute permitted development under Class A, and formal planning permission would therefore be required.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL4 9UE
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry
27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Craig Lambert
Architect profile
CRAIG LAMBERT ASSOCIATES 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.

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