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6 Mercers Row St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qs

Refused St Albans 5/2025/1633 Householder

Works: Loft or dormer Domestic

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

At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.

Proposal

Installation of rear dormer to facilitate use of loft space as an additional bedroom

As published by the council, reference 5/2025/1633

Application record

Reference
5/2025/1633
Type
Householder
Status
Appeal Decided
Decision
Refused As published: DC4 Refusal
Received
4 Sep 2025
Validated
24 Sep 2025
Decided
24 Apr 2026
Ward
Sopwell
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL1 2QS

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2017: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • 5/2017/2840 Refused

    6 Mercers Row St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qs

    Non Material Amendment - Raising of flat roof element, omission of roof light to flat roof, reduction in pitch of rear roof, and addition of 2 roof lights to rear pitched roof to planning permission 5/2017/1678 dated 07/08/2017 for Removal of existing rea

    Decided 6 Nov 2017 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Sep 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 24 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: DC4 Refusal

  4. 27 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

12 documents on file for this application

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What happens at appeal

This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from St Albans to the planning inspectorate, and the outcome will replace the council's decision. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About householder applications

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.

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