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4 Bowers Way Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Ew

Granted St Albans 5/2017/3164 Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)

Works: Extension Loft or dormer Small domestic

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension, structural openings and six rear rooflights

As published by the council, reference 5/2017/3164

Application record

Reference
5/2017/3164
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved
Received
9 Nov 2017
Validated
15 Nov 2017
Decided
1 Mar 2018
Ward
Harpenden West
Parish
Harpenden Town
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL5 4EW

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

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

  • 5/2017/3163 Granted

    4 Bowers Way Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Ew

    Two storey side extension, structural openings and removal of chimney stack and extended vehicular crossover and conversion of existing garage to habitable accommodation

    Decided 26 Jan 2018 Householder

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Nov 2017

    Received by St Albans

  2. 15 Nov 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 1 Mar 2018

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved

  4. 17 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St Albans granted permission on 1 March 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.

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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