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14 Spooners Drive Park Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 2HL

5/2026/0749OutlineRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 8 June 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension - as Prior Approval 5/2026/0358, single storey side extension with rooflight plus front porch at 14 Spooners Drive Park Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 2HL

Submitted
14 April 2026
Ward
Park Street
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 14 Spooners Drive Park Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 2HL. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Park Street. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the AL2 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. A Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) cannot be issued on the basis that it has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority that the proposal would constitute a porch for the purposes of Class D. This is because the proposal, based on the information provided, would not be erected outside an external door of the dwellinghouse as the door is being removed. Moreover, the proposal would fail to comply with criterion e(i), (j)(iii), (ja) of Class A, and (b), (c) of Class D, Schedule 2, Part 1 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 [as amended] as it would be forward of the principle elevation and due to its roofs attachment to extensions would have a footprint of greater than 3sqm, exceed 3m in height and be greater than half the width of the original dwellinghouse. Formal planning permission would therefore be required. Christine Traill Strategic Director – Community and Place Delivery Dated 08/06/2026 First Schedule (Development/Use) - Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension - as Prior Approval 5/2026/0358, single storey side extension with rooflight plus front porch Second Schedule (Location) - 14 Spooners Drive Park Street St Albans Hertfordshire

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL2 2HL
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry
15 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
S Rattenbury Assoc

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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