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40-42 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Ng

Refused St Albans 5/2016/1849 Small Scale Major - Offices R&D Light Industry

Works: Demolition Major scheme

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Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Demolition of existing building and construction of replacement building consisting of two ground floor Class A1(retail) units, two first floor Class B1(office) units and second floor storage

As published by the council, reference 5/2016/1849

Application record

Reference
5/2016/1849
Type
Small Scale Major - Offices R&D Light Industry
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: DC4 Refusal
Received
12 Jun 2016
Validated
15 Jun 2016
Decided
12 Sep 2016
Ward
St Peters
Parish
Central St Albans
Postcode
AL1 1NG

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 5/2016/3852 Granted

    40-42 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Ng

    Demolition of existing building and construction of replacement building consisting of two ground floor Class A1 (retail) units, two first floor Class B1 (office) units and second floor storage (resubmission following refusal of 5/2016/1849)

    Decided 26 Mar 2017 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Jun 2016

    Received by St Albans

  2. 15 Jun 2016

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 12 Sep 2016

    Decision issued: DC4 Refusal

  4. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

24 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

St Albans refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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