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6 Mercers Row St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qs

Refused St Albans 5/2017/2840 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 - Raising of flat roof element, omission of roof light to flat roof, reduction in pitch of rear roof, and addition of 2 roof lights to rear pitched roof to planning permission 5/2017/1678 dated 07/08/2017 for Removal of existing rea

As published by the council, reference 5/2017/2840

Application record

Reference
5/2017/2840
Type
Non Materials Amendment
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Non Material Amendment Refuse
Received
8 Oct 2017
Validated
9 Oct 2017
Decided
6 Nov 2017
Ward
Sopwell
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL1 2QS

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2017: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • 5/2025/1633 Refused

    6 Mercers Row St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qs

    Installation of rear dormer to facilitate use of loft space as an additional bedroom

    Decided 24 Apr 2026 Householder

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Oct 2017

    Received by St Albans

  2. 9 Oct 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 6 Nov 2017

    Decision issued: Non Material Amendment Refuse

  4. 10 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 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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