Lea House 204 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8HN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed works to a Listed Building) - Internal alterations to the modern extension and refurbished areas of the curtilage-listed outbuilding, including the relocation of modern stud partitions and a kitchenette, and the repla… Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 14 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Site constraints 7
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 3
Last sold for £2,100,000 in November 2023. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2015, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- St Albans
- Application type
- CLP
- Postcode
- AL4 8HN
- Received
- 20 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 23 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Sandridge & Wheathampstead
- Parish
- WHEATHAMPSTEAD
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Certificate of Lawfulness Approved
- Decision date
- 14 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Peter Hayes (Arch Building Consultancy Ltd)
How this decision compares
Decided in 80 days from validation, about the council's usual 77 days. Approved, as 85% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 320176PLN
- Comments by
- 3 Apr 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 19 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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.
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.
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