First Floor 6 Waddington Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5EX Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior Approval - Change of use from a pilates studio to a 2 bedroom dwelling Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 8 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Licence at this address
Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.
Site constraints 5
Show all 22 with distances
- 57 m26 and 28, Spencer StreetGrade II
- 57 m1 and 3 St Peters StreetGrade II
- 67 m30, Spencer StreetGrade II
- 78 mTown Hall ChambersGrade II
- 85 mNational Westminster Bank LimitedGrade II
- 85 mCourt House (Town Hall)Grade II*
- 93 m6, St Peters StreetGrade II
- 102 mThe Hertfordshire AdvertiserGrade II
- 103 m2 AND 4, UPPER DAGNALL STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 103 mThe old Moot HouseGrade II
- 103 m27, Market PlaceGrade II
- 108 mThe GrangeGrade II*
- 117 mThe Kings HeadGrade II
- 119 mWaterend BarnGrade II
- 124 m21 and 21a, Market PlaceGrade II
- 124 mLittle BarnGrade II
- 125 m30 and 32, Market PlaceGrade II
- 129 m18, Upper Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 129 mPremises Occupied by Uptons LtdGrade II
- 134 mWellington Public HouseGrade II
- 136 m40, Verulam RoadGrade II
- 138 m26, Market PlaceGrade II
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.
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Important details
- Council
- St Albans
- Application type
- PAOR
- Postcode
- AL3 5EX
- Received
- 18 May 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Ward
- St Peters
- Parish
- CENTRAL
- Target decision
- 14 Jun 2026
- Decision
- COU Prior approval required and given
- Decision date
- 8 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Matthew Briffa (Briffa Phillips Architects)
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 51 days from validation, 4 days faster than St Albans's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 71% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 321600PLN
- Comments by
- 14 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 22 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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%).
Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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