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Building 2 Lamer Park Farm Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire

Granted St Albans 5/2017/3472 Prior approval - agriculture to residential

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

Proposal

Prior Approval - Change of use of agricultural building to Class C3 (dwelling)

As published by the council, reference 5/2017/3472

Application record

Reference
5/2017/3472
Type
Prior approval - agriculture to residential
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: COU Prior approval not required conditions
Received
6 Dec 2017
Validated
12 Dec 2017
Decided
5 Feb 2018
Ward
Wheathampstead
Parish
Wheathampstead
Decision by
Delegated

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

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

  • 5/2016/3788 Refused

    Building 2 Lamer Park Farm Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire

    Prior Approval - Change of use of agricultural building to Class C3 (dwelling)

    Decided 16 Feb 2017 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Dec 2017

    Received by St Albans

  2. 12 Dec 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Feb 2018

    Decision issued: COU Prior approval not required conditions

  4. 4 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

14 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St Albans granted permission on 5 February 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 prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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