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2 Laburnum Grove Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3Hq

Refused St Albans 5/2026/1577 Non Materials Amendment

Works: Extension

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

Proposal

Non Material Amendment - Change external material of ground floor rear extension to facing brickwork, change external material at first floor flank wall to render, change ground floor external material to brickwork to side elevations and first floor exist

As published by the council, reference 5/2026/1577

Application record

Reference
5/2026/1577
Type
Non Materials Amendment
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Non Material Amendment Refuse
Received
25 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Sep 2026
Decided
24 Sep 2026
Ward
St Stephen
Parish
St Stephen
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL2 3HQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • 5/2026/1317 Refused

    2 Laburnum Grove Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3Hq

    Non Material Amendment to change of external material of ground floor rear extension to facing brickwork, change of external material at first floor flank wall to render and change the window to bedroom 3 to be one central larger window instead of two sma

    Decided 4 Aug 2026 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Aug 2026

    Received by St Albans

  2. 7 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 24 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Non Material Amendment Refuse

Documents

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

6 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 amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    2 Laburnum Grove Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3Hq

    Non Material Amendment to change of external material of ground floor rear extension to facing brickwork, change of external material at first floor flank wall to render and change the window to bedroom 3 to be one central larger window instead of two sma

    Received 8 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Amendments