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44 Holywell Hill St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Bx

Refused St Albans 5/2021/1291 (Minor) Dwellings

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor and basement from (office) to Class C3(a) (residential) to provide one studio flat, installation of extractor fans and enlargement of existing WC in basement to include a shower area (resubmission following refusal of 5/2021/

As published by the council, reference 5/2021/1291

Application record

Reference
5/2021/1291
Type
(Minor) Dwellings
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: DC4 Refusal
Received
3 May 2021
Validated
4 May 2021
Decided
23 Jun 2021
Ward
Verulam
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL1 1BX

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • 5/2021/1316 Refused

    44 Holywell Hill St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Bx

    Listed Building consent - installation of extractor fan to ground floor front elevation, alterations to existing bathroom on basement level to include a shower area

    Decided 23 Jun 2021 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 May 2021

    Received by St Albans

  2. 4 May 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jun 2021

    Decision issued: DC4 Refusal

  4. 25 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

18 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 this record

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