19 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4QH Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/0885 - HSE Under Consideration

Proposal

Erection of single-storey rear extension, internal alterations, demolition of existing garages and erection of replacement double garage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 May 2026
✓
Validated
1 Jun 2026
Decision
Target date was 4 Jul 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 12 Nov 2026; it is now day 164.

The consultation period closed on 4 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 7

St Albans - Mount Pleasant 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 ↗
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
9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 3; Scheduled monument about 223 m away: St Albans Abbey, site of conventual buildings; Tree preservation order about 12 m away; Inside the St Albans built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 3 November 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 1

Last sold for £125,000 in December 2000. Detached house, freehold.

20 December 2000£125,000

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
HSE
Postcode
AL3 4QH
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
1 Jun 2026
Ward
Verulam
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Jul 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 164, past the statutory target. 50% of demolitions in St Albans are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Nov 2026.

Day 164108 days past the 56-day target
22%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
128decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
321403PLN
Planning Portal ref
14913196
Comments by
4 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
11 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Jul 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.