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441 Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Qe

Refused St Albans 5/2025/1588 Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)

Works: Loft or dormer

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - New dormer to rear

As published by the council, reference 5/2025/1588

Application record

Reference
5/2025/1588
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Status
Refused
Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness Refused
Received
26 Aug 2025
Validated
27 Aug 2025
Decided
20 Oct 2025
Ward
Harpenden North & Rural
Parish
Harpenden Rural
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL5 3QE

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • 5/2026/1280 Decided

    441 Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Qe

    Proposed unification of approved new front dormer and Velux to front elevation and 2 no new rear dormer.

    Submitted 1 Jul 2026 Householder

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Aug 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 27 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused

  4. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

13 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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