8 Shepherds Yard Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
The construction of a single storey contemporary garden building to be used as a home office. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 27 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 1
Site constraints 7
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £665,000 in August 2022. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Dacorum
- Application type
- Full Householder Application
- Postcode
- AL3 8EL
- Received
- 10 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 10 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Watling
- Parish
- Flamstead Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Grant Permission/Consent
- Decision date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Green Retreats Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 48 days from validation, about the council's usual 50 days. Approved, as 89% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Dacorum in the last twelve months, from validation. Dacorum decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14765851
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14765851
- Neighbours
- 12 Mar 2026
- Consultation
- 12 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 15 Apr 2026
- Site or press notice
- 25 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Dacorum is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #50 out of 296. Only 22% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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