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Maryland Convent And Residential Home 29 Townsend Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Rf

Refused St Albans 5/2017/2771 Non Materials Amendment

Works: Loft or dormer

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

Proposal

Non Material Amendment - Alterations to openings, additional rooflights, alterations to layout of Plot 6 Block A, new cladding to Block D south elevation balconies, and relocation of Block D refuse store of planning permission 5/2016/2888 granted on appea

As published by the council, reference 5/2017/2771

Application record

Reference
5/2017/2771
Type
Non Materials Amendment
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Non Material Amendment Refuse
Received
1 Oct 2017
Validated
10 Oct 2017
Decided
31 Oct 2017
Ward
Batchwood
Parish
Central St Albans
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL3 5RF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Oct 2017

    Received by St Albans

  2. 10 Oct 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 31 Oct 2017

    Decision issued: Non Material Amendment Refuse

  4. 31 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

17 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 amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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