Rooflight planning approval rate in St Albans
65% of 801 decided rooflight applications in St Albans were approved.
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
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65%
Approval rate, all years, from 801 decided
801
decided rooflight applications in St Albans: 517 approved, 284 refused
62%
Recent rate, decided since 2022, from 337 decided
How to read these rates
These are historical outcomes for the applications in our archive, not the chance of approval for your property. Compare the same project type and read the decided count alongside each percentage.
About the planning data
Rate = approved divided by approved plus refused, using the decisions in our classified archive. Rates are withheld as unknown where fewer than 8 records of that project type were decided. Withdrawn applications are excluded.
Recent means records dated 2022 or later. Records without a year are excluded from the recent rate but remain in the all-years figure. Historical coverage varies by council, and duplicate application references may remain in the archive.
Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England. The wider 20.6 million application catalogue is accessible through PlanIT; it is not the dataset used to calculate these percentages.
Read the full methodology and coverage notes.
Project types and outcomes are classified from council records. Check the original application and decision notice before relying on an individual example. A page rebuild does not mean every council record has just been refreshed.
Example rooflight decisions in St Albans
These examples deliberately include approved and refused applications where available. They are not a representative sample or a list of the latest decisions. Look up each reference on the council's planning search to read the plans and decision notice.
| Reference | Year | Decision | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/2025/2225 | 2026 | Approved | Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposed loft conversion with rear flat roofed dormer and rooflights to the front elevation 58 Langley Grove Sandridge Hertfordshire Al4 9Dx |
| 5/2025/2353 | 2026 | Approved | Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion with rear dormer and 3No. roof lights to front elevation 18 Birchwood Way Park Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 2Sg |
| 5/2026/0019 | 2026 | Refused | Alteration to roof and increase in ridge height by 650mm, construction of 4 x front roof lights, 2 x flat roof rear dormers and 1 x rear roof light to facili... 70 Meadway Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Jq |
| 5/2026/0207 | 2026 | Refused | Non Material Amendment - Minor alterations to the approved loft dormer involving a change from a crown roof to a flat roof of planning permission 5/2025/0940... 19 Waddling Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Fd |
| 5/2024/1952 | 2025 | Approved | Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Garage conversion into habitable room with new window, door and rooflights 10 Marford Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8As |
| 5/2024/1971 | 2025 | Refused | Discharge of Condition 4 (noise assessment) of planning permission 5/2024/0410 dated 01/05/2024 for Installation of new air source heat pump, new roof light... 19 Cuckmans Drive Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3Ay |
About the planning data
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
Other project types in St Albans
- Single-storey rear extension 42%, 1,253 decided
- Two-storey rear extension 20%, 592 decided
- Wraparound extension 26%, 177 decided
- Side extension 31%, 349 decided
- Loft conversion and dormer 68%, 670 decided
- Outbuilding and garden room 57%, 370 decided
- Porch 45%, 124 decided
- Garage conversion 70%, 141 decided
- Basement 51%, 124 decided
- Window and door 65%, 477 decided