Cherry Trees Lye Lane Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Tl

1. 7 Jan 2026

   Received by St Albans

2. 8 Jan 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 May 2026

   Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved

4. 7 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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.

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.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• Cherry Trees Lye Lane Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Tl

  5/2026/0053 Submitted 12 Jan 2026 0m away

  Subdivision of the plot and construction of new detached dwelling, installation of air source heat pump and solar panels

  Decided New dwelling 22 docs
  Domestic

• Carpenters Workshop Lye Lane Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Tj

  5/2025/1762 Submitted 26 Sep 2025 237m away

  Outline - (Access, Landscaping and Layout sought) Redevelopment by the erection of nine dwellings

  Refused 52 docs
  Several homes

• Carpenters Workshop Lye Lane Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Tj

  5/2025/0746 Submitted 11 Apr 2025 237m away

  Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - The retention of existing builders yard and haulage yard and their ancillary buildings, external storage, hardstanding, shipping containers and diesel tanks

  Decided Lawful development 4 docs

• Bricket Wood Social Club And Institute Oak Avenue Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Lq

  5/2016/3352 Submitted 9 Nov 2016 279m away

  Advertisement consent - One non-illuminated free standing hanging sign

  Decided Advertising 9 docs

• 3 Hanstead Cottages Drop Lane Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Ph

  5/2025/1481 Submitted 5 Aug 2025 280m away

  Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of a four-bedroom detached dwellinghouse with associated landscaping, access improvements and parking provision

  Decided Demolition 59 docs
  Small domestic

• 3 Oak Avenue Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Lg

  5/2017/1800 Submitted 22 Jun 2017 329m away

  First floor side extension to incorporate additional habitable loft space with front, side and rear dormer windows and one rear rooflight

  Decided Householder Extension Loft or dormer +1 6 docs
  Domestic

• 5/2026/1607 Decided

  5 Flavian Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Jx

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Construction of single storey rear extension with tiled lean to roof fitted with 3no. roof lights

  1 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 5/2026/0951 Refused

  23 Clarence Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 4Np

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - New single storey garden room and close boarded access gates

  15 May 2026 Lawful development
• 5/2026/1558 Granted

  31 Highfield Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Ub

  Certificate of Lawfulness ( Proposed) - Proposed rear single-storey extension, side single-storey extension and removal of rear chimney stack

  20 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 5/2026/0291 Refused

  66 Pondfield Crescent St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Pf

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Hip to gable and new dormer

  16 Feb 2026 Lawful development
• 5/2026/1252 Refused

  7 Palfrey Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Re

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey/ground floor extension to dining room, to extend as far as kitchen rear/outside wall across to party wall. Repositioning French windows to new rear of room, and repositioning downpipe and soak away in r

  30 Jun 2026 Lawful development