Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

4 Prospect Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Ax

Refused St Albans 5/2016/1868 (Minor) Dwellings

Works: Windows or glazing Domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

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

Proposal

Subdivision of existing dwelling to create annexe with entrance, alterations to existing basement incorporating new escape route with staircase, escape window, reduced floor level and alterations to existing basement staircase

As published by the council, reference 5/2016/1868

Application record

Reference
5/2016/1868
Type
(Minor) Dwellings
Status
Refused
Decision
DC4 Refusal
Received
14 Jun 2016
Validated
26 Jul 2016
Decided
19 Sep 2016
Ward
Sopwell
Parish
Central St Albans
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL1 2AX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Jun 2016

    Received by St Albans

  2. 26 Jul 2016

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Sep 2016

    Decision issued: DC4 Refusal

  4. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

14 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 documents

What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About this record

Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that St Albans is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 10 Prospect Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Ax

    5/2026/0931 Submitted 13 May 2026 0m away

    Discharge of Condition 8 (pre-build noise & vibration assessment) of planning permission 5/2023/1311 dated 03/05/2024 for Variation of Conditions 2 (plans), 3 (construction management plan), 4 (drainage), 7 (landscaping), and 8 (noise) of planning permiss

    Refused Conditions 4 docs

  • 20 Prospect Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Ax

    5/2026/0465 Submitted 10 Mar 2026 0m away

    Loft conversion including installation of conservation style rooflights to the front and rear roof slopes, together with internal alterations to the existing single dwellinghouse

    Decided Householder Loft or dormer 5 docs
    Domestic

  • 12 Prospect Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Ax

    5/2026/1537 Submitted 13 Aug 2026 0m away

    Discharge of Conditions 13 (noise and vibration levels) and 15 (parking of cycles) of planning permission 5/2024/0570 dated 30/10/2024 for Erection of detached house

    Decided Conditions New dwelling 5 docs

  • 59 Prospect Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2At

    TP/2020/0761 Submitted 27 Nov 2020 42m away

    Front garden T1 Eucalyptus - Crown reduction by 2m approx (retain some foliage low level).

    Granted Trees 3 docs

  • 6 The Brambles Prospect Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Dp

    TP/2021/0031 Submitted 21 Jan 2021 61m away

    Trees in communal grounds: Ash, Sycamore, Laurel (G1) - reduce height by 3m and shape sides accordingly. Oak (T1) - Reduce from building to give 3m clearance. Cherry (T2) - Fell tree as it is too close to the building and will cause issues in future.

    Granted Trees 2 docs

  • Ramryge Court Prospect Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Bx

    TP/2026/0120 Submitted 12 Mar 2026 100m away

    T1 Maple. tree has been previously pollarded, we would like to re-pollard back to previous pruning points in line with historic pruning, tree is approx 8m tall and 3m wide, the tree will approx 6m in height after the pruning is complete.

    Granted Trees 2 docs