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4 Hall Gardens Colney Heath St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Qg

Refused St Albans 5/2021/0989 Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)

Works: Extension Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension and single storey garden outbuilding

As published by the council, reference 5/2021/0989

Application record

Reference
5/2021/0989
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused
Received
5 Apr 2021
Validated
6 Apr 2021
Decided
20 Jun 2021
Ward
Colney Heath
Parish
Colney Heath
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL4 0QG

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Apr 2021

    Received by St Albans

  2. 6 Apr 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 20 Jun 2021

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused

  4. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

6 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 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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