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48 Sleapshyde Lane Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0SB

5/2026/1480Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 25 September 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposed hip to gable and dormer to form loft conversion at 48 Sleapshyde Lane Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0SB

Received
5 August 2026
Ward
Colney Heath
Agent
Divine Design
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 50 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a loft conversion at 48 Sleapshyde Lane Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0SB. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 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 53 applications across Colney Heath. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL4 0SB
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2026
Consultation end
4 September 2026
Target decision date
4 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Divine Design

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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