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31 Spencer Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Eh

Granted St Albans 5/2017/3132 Change of Use

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Change of use from Class B1 (office) to Class C3 (residential) to create one, two bedroom flat

As published by the council, reference 5/2017/3132

Application record

Reference
5/2017/3132
Type
Change of Use
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: DC3 Conditional Permission
Received
3 Nov 2017
Validated
6 Nov 2017
Decided
16 Jan 2018
Ward
St Peters
Parish
Central St Albans
Decision by
Central
Postcode
AL3 5EH

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 5/2016/3527 Decided

    31 Spencer Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Eh

    Change of use from B1 (office) to C3 (residential) to create one, two bedroom flat

    Decided 3 Mar 2017

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Nov 2017

    Received by St Albans

  2. 6 Nov 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 16 Jan 2018

    Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission

  4. 17 Sep 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 grant of permission means

St Albans granted permission on 16 January 2018, 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.

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