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Abbott House Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Rw

Refused St Albans 5/2016/3098 Prior Approval - Office to residential

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

Proposal

Prior Approval - Change of use from Class B1(a)(office) to Class C3(residential) to create 77 units

As published by the council, reference 5/2016/3098

Application record

Reference
5/2016/3098
Type
Prior Approval - Office to residential
Status
Refused
Decision
COU Prior approval required and refused
Received
12 Oct 2016
Validated
12 Oct 2016
Decided
6 Dec 2016
Ward
Sopwell
Parish
Central St Albans
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL1 2RW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Oct 2016

    Received by St Albans

  2. 6 Dec 2016

    Decision issued: COU Prior approval required and refused

  3. 30 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

22 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.

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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