Land Adjacent 4 South Farm Cottages Shenley Lane London Colney Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1274 - PIP Under Consideration

Proposal

Permission in Principle - Erection of two semi-detached dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 07:11

Application progress

✓

Received

25 Jun 2026

✓

Validated

26 Jun 2026

Decision

Expected by 1 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 9 Nov 2026, from St Albans's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 1 Aug 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 7

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: All Saints Pastoral Centre, Including Chapel, Grade II*, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade II*, 2 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 3 with distances

0 mAll Saints Pastoral Centre, Including ChapelGrade II*
20 mVoluntary Missionary MovementGrade II
124 mFarm Cottage and Adjoining Garden Walls at All Saints Pastoral CentreGrade II

Historic England ↗

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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Also on the record

Heritage at risk about 48 m away: All Saints Pastoral Centre, including Chapel, Shenley Lane; Scheduled monument about 234 m away: Colney Chapel moated site; Inside the London Colney built-up area; Priority habitat about 25 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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

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: PIP
Postcode: AL2 1AG
Received: 25 Jun 2026
Validated: 26 Jun 2026
Ward: Park Street
Parish: LONDON COLNEY
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Aug 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: WS Planning & Architecture

Decision outlook

Day 105 of the 56-day target. St Albans usually decides new homes by day 117.

target

prediction

Day 10512 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: 322542PLN
Comments by: 1 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 9 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 30 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

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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