17 Chapel Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8DB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Garage conversion to annexe ancillary to main dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 20 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 4
Application forms 1
Site constraints 8
Show all 16 with distances
- 38 mMortons Place and Morton HouseGrade II
- 57 mFlintstone CottageGrade II
- 70 mC Merritt ButcherGrade II
- 76 mBell HouseGrade II
- 79 mThe Three Blackbirds Public HouseGrade II
- 80 mSaunders AlmshousesGrade II*
- 85 mSouthernwoodGrade II
- 105 mSt Leonard's CottageGrade II
- 115 mStuart CottageGrade II
- 122 mNumbers 9, 11 (Vine Cottage), 13 (Swift Cottage), and 15Grade II
- 122 mHoneysuckle CottageGrade II
- 131 mThe Little HouseGrade II
- 136 mWar Memorial Set on Churchyard WallGrade II
- 138 mPound FarmGrade II
- 145 mThe Spotted Dog Public HouseGrade II
- 148 mChurch of St LeonardGrade I
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 2
Last sold for £285,500 in June 2009. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Dacorum
- Application type
- Full Householder Application
- Postcode
- AL3 8DB
- Received
- 6 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 29 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Watling
- Parish
- Flamstead Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Grant Permission/Consent
- Decision date
- 20 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Stanley Drafting
How this decision compares
Decided in 22 days from validation, 28 days faster than Dacorum's median of 50 for extensions. 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-14438995
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14438995
- Neighbours
- 5 Dec 2025
- Consultation
- 5 Dec 2025
- Comments by
- 8 Jan 2026
- Site or press notice
- 18 Dec 2025
- 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.
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