Planning application
Searches Farm Searches Lane Bedmond St Albans Hertfordshire Wd5 0Sb
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - Use of land for storage of containers
As published by the council, reference 5/2017/2533
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2017/2533
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved
- Received
- 5 Sep 2017
- Validated
- 6 Sep 2017
- Decided
- 1 Nov 2017
- Ward
- St Stephen
- Parish
- St Stephen
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- WD5 0SB
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 2 applications since 2017: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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5/2021/0490 Withdrawn
Searches Farm Searches Lane Bedmond St Albans Hertfordshire Wd5 0Sb
Redevelopment of previously developed land comprising the demolition of existing buildings and structures, change of use of barns from mixed use Class B2 (joinery workshops) and Sui Generis (gun club clubhouse) to Class C3a (residential) to create one, th
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Sep 2017
Received by St Albans
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6 Sep 2017
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Nov 2017
Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved
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24 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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St Albans granted permission on 1 November 2017, 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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