Planning application
55 Chalkdell Fields St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Lt
Works: Extension 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
Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 3.2m in height x 4.5m in depth with 2.4m height to eaves
As published by the council, reference 5/2016/2593
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2016/2593
- Type
- Prior Notification Householder
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: NCS Prior approval not required
- Received
- 18 Aug 2016
- Validated
- 21 Aug 2016
- Decided
- 29 Sep 2016
- Ward
- Marshalswick North
- Parish
- Sandridge
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL4 9LT
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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5/2017/1736 Granted
55 Chalkdell Fields St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Lt
Replacement front porch with pitched roof, loft conversion with rear dormer window and rooflights to front elevation
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2016
Received by St Albans
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21 Aug 2016
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Sep 2016
Decision issued: NCS Prior approval not required
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15 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 29 September 2016, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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