3 St Stephens Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4AA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Alterations to existing roof to provide a rear dormer Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 3 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Oct 2026
Site constraints 2
Checked on 11 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £1,313,000 in November 2018. 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
- St Albans
- Application type
- CLP
- Postcode
- AL3 4AA
- Received
- 9 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 10 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Verulam
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Certificate of Lawfulness Refused
- Decision date
- 3 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Appeal
- Allowed · 10 Feb 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002642 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 28% of lawful development certificates here are.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 317779PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 14396430
- Comments by
- 21 Nov 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 4 Dec 2025
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
St Albans is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #285 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 64% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) 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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