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164 High Street London Colney Hertfordshire Al2 1Qf

Refused St Albans 5/2025/1882 Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Installation of canopy ventilation and ducting to new proposed kitchen within retail unit with class E retail allowance. Wall penetration for duct ventilation rear wall of retail unit

As published by the council, reference 5/2025/1882

Application record

Reference
5/2025/1882
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused
Received
13 Oct 2025
Validated
10 Nov 2025
Decided
3 Feb 2026
Ward
London Colney
Parish
London Colney
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL2 1QF

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

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

  • 5/2026/0878 Awaiting decision

    164 High Street London Colney Hertfordshire Al2 1Qf

    Proposed installation of canopy ventilation, ducting, and associated wall penetration

    Submitted 5 May 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 10 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 3 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused

  4. 21 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 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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