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15 Longacres St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Dp

Refused St Albans 5/2025/1543 Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)

Works: Windows or glazing

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposal is to add a skylight to create a light shaft to an existing 1st floor bedrooms en-suite. The skylight will be sized 66cm wide by 118cm long and the glass will be obscured by an opaque window film. The skylig

As published by the council, reference 5/2025/1543

Application record

Reference
5/2025/1543
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused
Received
18 Aug 2025
Validated
19 Aug 2025
Decided
10 Oct 2025
Ward
Hill End
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL4 0DP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Aug 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 19 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused

  4. 27 Sep 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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