Planning application
17 White Hedge Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Tu
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Alterations to landscaping to front garden to include new steps with guard/hand rails and new hardstanding to provide two car parking spaces
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0470
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/0470
- Type
- Householder
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: DC3 Conditional Permission
- Received
- 10 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 11 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 29 May 2026
- Ward
- Batchwood
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL3 5TU
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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5/2016/3620 Withdrawn
17 White Hedge Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Tu
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - Single storey rear extension and rear dormer window
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Mar 2026
Received by St Albans
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11 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 May 2026
Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission
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7 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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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 29 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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