Planning application
103-105 St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3En
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - Confirmation that planning permission 5/2018/1877 dated 11 February 2019 with an expiration date of 1 May 2021 has been lawfully implemented via the hand demolition of an existing wall on site in April 2021
As published by the council, reference 5/2021/1419
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2021/1419
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Certificate of Lawfulness Approved
- Received
- 12 May 2021
- Validated
- 13 May 2021
- Decided
- 4 Jul 2021
- Ward
- St Peters
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL1 3EN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 May 2021
Received by St Albans
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13 May 2021
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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4 Jul 2021
Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved
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31 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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