6 High Street Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2TB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior Approval - Retention of Commercial premises at ground floor level. Change of Use from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) into Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 16 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 17 Sept 2026
Site constraints 5
Checked on 11 September 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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £1,370,000 in December 2025. Other property, freehold.
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
- PAOR
- Postcode
- AL5 2TB
- Received
- 23 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- Parish
- HARPENDEN TOWN
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Aug 2026
- Decision
- COU Prior approval required and refused
- Decision date
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- J D Grainger (Avis Appleton & Associates)
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 29% 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
- 322959PLN
- Comments by
- 22 Aug 2026
- Site or press notice
- 30 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
30 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.
Freehold owner: 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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