17 Hill Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4QS Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/0558 - LBB Approved

Proposal

Listed Building consent - New stud partition in place of existing door. Removal of non-historical timber stud partition wall Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Mar 2026
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Validated
20 Apr 2026
✓
Approved
24 Jun 2026

Approved on 24 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Outbuiling to Number 19, Grade II, about 3 m from the postcode pin · 7 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 7 with distances
Historic England ↗
St Albans - Verulam Road conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Verulam and Fishpool Street. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the St Albans built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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 £1,035,000 in December 2025. Semi-detached house, freehold.

11 December 2025£1,035,000
31 March 1995£182,000

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
LBB
Postcode
AL3 4QS
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
20 Apr 2026
Ward
Verulam
Parish
CENTRAL
Target decision
16 May 2026
Decision
DC10 Listed Building Conditional Consent
Decision date
24 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Araco Design Studio Architects Ltd (Araco Design Studio Architects Ltd)

How this decision compares

Decided in 65 days from validation, about the council's usual 65 days. Approved, as 95% of listed building works here are.

39%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
42decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
320649PLN
Planning Portal ref
14755022
Comments by
16 May 2026
Site or press notice
23 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Jun 2026
St Albans
Planning Authority Score
1.1/10
Poor
#290 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
St Albans decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #180 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #226 of 296
29%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #285 of 296
64%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #278 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
130 decided (1-9 homes)
61%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,411
Total decisions
184 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.