M V Commercial London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HA Data via plota.co.uk

26/01237/DRC - Discharge of Condition(s) Refused

Proposal

Details required by Condition 2 (Highway Safety), 5 (CMP), and 6 (Landscaping) attached to planning permission Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

2 Jun 2026

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Refused

23 Jul 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 23 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

Documents 10

Associated applications 2

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Full25 Sep 2022council archive

Conditions 2, 5 refused
- ConditionsDetails required by Condition 2 (Highway Safety), 5 (CMP), and 6 (Landscaping)RefusedThis application2 Jun 202626/01237/DRC

Site constraints 8

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

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Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Friar's Wash built-up area; Flood defence 45 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Open access land 40 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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: Dacorum
Application type: Discharge of Condition(s)
Postcode: AL3 8HA
Received: 2 Jun 2026
Validated: 2 Jun 2026
Ward: Watling
Parish: Flamstead Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Decision: Refuse Permission/Consent
Decision date: 23 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Dijksman Planning (UK) LLP

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14976395
Planning Portal ref: PP-14976395
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022

Closure of existing access, change of use of land to commercial depot.

22/02903/FUL 25 Sep 2022

2022

Closure of existing access, change of use of land to commercial depot.

22/02903/FUL 25 Sep 2022

2018 Approved

Closure of existing access, change of use of land to commercial depot to enable new impro…

4/03025/18/FUL 26 Sep 2019

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved

Hill And Coles Farm London Road Flamstead St Albans AL3 8HA

Details required by condition 3 (landscaping scheme) attached to planning permission 4/00…

4/03172/18/DRC 24 Apr 2019

2018 Approved

Hill And Coles Farm London Road Flamstead St Albans AL3 8HA

Details required by condition 4 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 4/03499/…

4/03157/18/DRC 19 Feb 2019

2016 Approved

Hill And Coles Farm London Road Flamstead St Albans AL3 8HA

Change of use from agriculture to storage and distribution (class b8) of building materia…

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2016 Approved

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Dacorum

Planning Authority Score

7.3/10

Good

#51 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Dacorum is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #50 out of 296. Only 22% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Dacorum decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #150 of 296

91%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #171 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #50 of 296

22%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #22 of 296

76%

Minor dwellings approved

127 decided (1-9 homes)

79%

Major dwellings approved

14 decided (10+ homes)

71%

Change of use approved

21 decided

1,130

Total decisions

132 refused in the year to March 2026

M V Commercial London Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8HA Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 2

Plans & drawings 7

Application forms 1

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 8

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