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5/2026/1347 - SSM Under Consideration

Proposal

Approval of Reserved Matters pursuant to outline application to consider Layout, Scale, Appearance, and Landscaping for 31 homes and associated car parking and supporting infrastructure Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
13 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 8 Nov 2026 and 20 Dec 2026, from St Albans's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 12 Sept 2026.

Associated applications 2

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    • Reserved mattersTo consider Layout, Scale, Appearance, and Landscaping for 31 homes and associated car parking…This application5/2026/1347

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Green belt about 17 m away: London; Inside the St Albans built-up area; 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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 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
SSM
Postcode
AL4 0UE
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Ward
Colney Heath
Parish
COLNEY HEATH
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 64 of the 91-day target. St Albans usually decides new homes by day 117.

Day 6453 days to the predicted decision (day 117)
23%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
6%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
322732PLN
Planning Portal ref
13771675
Comments by
12 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
20 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Nov 2026
St Albans
Planning Authority Score
1.1/10
Poor
#290 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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