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26/01385/FHA - Full Householder Application Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

First floor side extension Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
18 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
23 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
31 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 31 Jul 2026 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Planning statement right Planning Statement · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Existing & propoed elevations Elevation Plans · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing & proposed floor plans Floor Plans · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Site location plan Site Location Plan · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Outbuilding-piggery plans Additional Plans · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Redacted application form Application Form Redacted · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National landscape 476 m away: Chilterns.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Building

Floor area159 m² (1,711 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (55 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingElectric storage heaters
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Dacorum
Application type
Full Householder Application
Postcode
AL3 8HL
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
18 Jun 2026
Ward
Watling
Parish
Flamstead Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refuse Permission/Consent
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Right Plans

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 7 days faster than Dacorum's median of 50 for extensions. Refused, as 11% of extensions here are.

87%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
654decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Dacorum in the last twelve months, from validation. Dacorum decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 30 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
23 Jun 2026
Consultation
23 Jun 2026
Comments by
30 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
9 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Able Farm Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Annexe for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse.
25/00903/FHA
2025 Approved
Able Farm Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Annexe for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse.
25/00903/FHA
2025 Approved
Able Farm Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Mobile home within residential curtilage.
25/00905/LDP
2025 Approved
Able Farm Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Mobile home within residential curtilage.
25/00905/LDP
2022 Approved
Twenty Acres Cottages London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire
Conversion of building to a single, two-bedroom dwelling with parking and amenity space
22/02341/FUL
2022 Approved
Twenty Acres Cottages London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire
Conversion of building to a single, two-bedroom dwelling with parking and amenity space
22/02341/FUL
2023 Approved
10 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Demolition of existing attached double garage; single storey rear extension and porch. Er…
23/00796/FHA
2023 Approved
10 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Demolition of existing attached double garage; single storey rear extension and porch. Er…
23/00796/FHA
2022 Approved
Tower House Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
A garage conversion, single storey rear extension and new fenestrations.
22/02300/FHA
2022 Approved
Tower House Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
A garage conversion, single storey rear extension and new fenestrations.
22/02300/FHA
2022 Refused
Saffron Curry House London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HQ
Construction of detached structure to rear of restaurant to facilitate the creation of di…
22/01951/FUL
2022 Refused
Saffron Curry House London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HQ
Construction of detached structure to rear of restaurant to facilitate the creation of di…
22/01951/FUL
2022 Refused
10 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Proposed 2 storey side extension, single storey front lean to roof and timber porch, repl…
22/01585/FHA
2022 Refused
10 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Proposed 2 storey side extension, single storey front lean to roof and timber porch, repl…
22/01585/FHA
2022 Refused
Twenty Acres Cottages London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire
Conversion of building to a single, two-bedroom dwelling with parking and amenity space
22/00682/FUL
2022 Refused
Twenty Acres Cottages London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire
Conversion of building to a single, two-bedroom dwelling with parking and amenity space
22/00682/FUL
2021 Refused
10 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Two storey side extension, single storey front lean to roof and timber porch . Replacemen…
21/03631/FHA
2021 Refused
10 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
Two storey side extension, single storey front lean to roof and timber porch . Replacemen…
21/03631/FHA
2020 Refused
Chamlea 12 Old Watling Street Flamstead St. Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
single story rear extension and alterations including a raised terrace
20/02497/FHA
2020 Refused
Chamlea 12 Old Watling Street Flamstead St. Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HL
single story rear extension and alterations including a raised terrace
20/02497/FHA
2018 Approved
Windy Ridge Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans AL3 8HL
Single storey front extension. Pitched roof over existing garage. New front Porch.
4/01044/18/FHA
2018 Approved
Able Farm Old Watling Street Flamstead St. Albans AL3 8HL
Menage including drainage, fencing and concrete apron, field shelter, decking (amended sc…
4/00584/18/FUL
2017 Approved
20 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans AL3 8HL
Demolition of existing conservatory. single storey rear extension to include extension of…
4/01873/17/FHA
2016 Approved
21 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans AL3 8HL
Single storey side and front extension and provision of pitched roof over existing first…
4/00583/16/FHA
2016 Approved
21 Old Watling Street Flamstead St Albans AL3 8HL
Single storey side and front extension and provision of pitched roof over existing first…
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Dacorum
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#51 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Dacorum decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #150 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #171 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #50 of 296
22%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #22 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
127 decided (1-9 homes)
79%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
71%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,130
Total decisions
132 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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.