Planning application
291 Camp Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Nr
Works: Extension Demolition Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Demolition of existing rear single storey extension and erection of rear part single, part two storey extension
As published by the council, reference 5/2016/1842
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2016/1842
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Certificate of Lawfulness Approved
- Received
- 12 Jun 2016
- Validated
- 13 Jun 2016
- Decided
- 8 Aug 2016
- Ward
- Ashley
- Parish
- Central St Albans
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL1 5NR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
12 Jun 2016
Received by St Albans
-
13 Jun 2016
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
8 Aug 2016
Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved
-
21 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
293 Camp Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Nr
Discharge of Condition 4 (materials) of planning permission 5/2025/2140 dated 13/02/2026 for Proposed double and single storey front extensions, part single, part double storey rear extension and loft conversion including rear dormer and front facing roof
Granted Conditions Extension Loft or dormer 3 docsSmall domestic -
109 Ashley Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Ub
Prior Approval - Demolition of Former Focus Brands warehouse and offices on Brick Knoll Park
Granted Prior approval Demolition 18 docs -
109 Ashley Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Ub
Erection of a foodstore with associated vehicle access, car parking, landscaping, engineering and drainage works
Decided Full applications 201 docsMajor scheme -
329 Camp Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Nz
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - The proposed use would be for myself to work in a part time capacity for 3 days per week as a one to one dog groomer between the hours of 9am and 5pm. The scale would be very small, just myself grooming 3 dogs per da
Decided Lawful development 4 docs -
40 Wellington Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Nl
Subdivision of existing four bedroom dwelling to provide one two-bedroom and one three-bedroom dwellings following single storey side extension and first floor rear extension. Extension to existing crossover
Decided Extension 13 docsSmall domestic -
110 Cambridge Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Lg
Part single, part two storey side and two storey rear extension, creation of basement, extension to loft space and alterations to openings
Refused Householder Extension 11 docsDomestic
Other lawful development applications
In St Albans
-
5/2026/1607 Decided
5 Flavian Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Jx
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Construction of single storey rear extension with tiled lean to roof fitted with 3no. roof lights
-
5/2026/0951 Refused
23 Clarence Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 4Np
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - New single storey garden room and close boarded access gates
-
5/2026/1558 Granted
31 Highfield Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Ub
Certificate of Lawfulness ( Proposed) - Proposed rear single-storey extension, side single-storey extension and removal of rear chimney stack
-
5/2026/0291 Refused
66 Pondfield Crescent St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Pf
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Hip to gable and new dormer
-
5/2026/1252 Refused
7 Palfrey Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Re
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey/ground floor extension to dining room, to extend as far as kitchen rear/outside wall across to party wall. Repositioning French windows to new rear of room, and repositioning downpipe and soak away in r