St Johns Church Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY Data via plota.co.uk
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26/01024/FUL
Description
Build a new children's day nursery in the grounds of St Johns Church Markyate. This will be a purpose built temporary structure. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Decision outlook
Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 121.
Day 121, past the statutory target. 88% of commercial premises in Dacorum are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.
Day 12165 days past the 56-day target
63%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
8%go to committee
Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Dacorum in the last twelve months, from validation. Dacorum decision record →
Site constraints 10
7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Cell Lodge and Adjoining Gates and Gatepiers, Grade II, about 18 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 6 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 7 with distances
- 18 mCell Lodge and Adjoining Gates and GatepiersGrade II
- 35 mThe HomesteadGrade II
- 70 mThe White HartGrade II
- 84 mThe Old MaltingsGrade II
- 96 mMarkyate War MemorialGrade II
- 98 mNumbers 4, 8 (the Grange), and 8a (Cleagrove)Grade II
- 127 mChurch of St. John the BaptistGrade II*
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.
Registered park or garden about 17 m away: Markyatecell Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 13 m away: Chilterns
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Conservation area about 50 m away: Markyate; Inside the Markyate built-up area; Flood defence about 45 m from the postcode pin (engineered high ground); 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, 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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Other new applications on this street
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Slight relocation and extension of existing outbuilding
2025
Approved
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Slight relocation and extension of existing outbuilding
2025
Withdrawn
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Replacement outbuilding
2025
Withdrawn
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Replacement outbuilding
2025
Approved
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Replacement outbuilding
2025
Approved
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Replacement outbuilding
2025
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Replacement Fence to front of The Homestead.
2025
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Replacement Fence to front of The Homestead.
2025
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Replacement Fence to front of The Homestead.
2025
The Homestead 11 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Replacement Fence to front of The Homestead.
2021
Approved
10 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Conversion of existing former commercial building (E1) to dwelling house (C3) and constru…
2021
Approved
10 Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Conversion of existing former commercial building (E1) to dwelling house (C3) and constru…
2022
Approved
17 High Street Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PG
Garage conversion to annex
2022
Approved
17 High Street Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PG
Garage conversion to annex
2022
A And B Sports The Promotional Centre Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Retrospective (regularisation of existing) permission sought for the construction of a ra…
2022
A And B Sports The Promotional Centre Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Retrospective (regularisation of existing) permission sought for the construction of a ra…
2022
Approved
17 High Street Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PG
Conversion of a garden Summerhouse to a Beauty Therapy room
2022
Approved
17 High Street Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PG
Conversion of a garden Summerhouse to a Beauty Therapy room
2022
Refused
A And B Sports The Promotional Centre Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Construction of 2 apartments (Amended scheme).
2022
Refused
A And B Sports The Promotional Centre Church End Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8PY
Construction of 2 apartments (Amended scheme).
2019
Approved
The Factory Church End Markyate St Albans AL3 8PY
Change of use from factory to 4 residential Dwellings.
2018
Approved
The Factory Premises Church End Markyate St Albans AL3 8PY
Retrospective application for rear timber storage shed
2018
Withdrawn
The Factory Premises Church End Markyate St Albans AL3 8PY
Change of use from factory to 4 newly converted Flats.
2018
Refused
The Factory Premises Church End Markyate St Albans AL3 8PY
Change of use from b1 (factory and office) to four residential flats
2017
Approved
19-21 High Street Markyate St Albans AL3 8PG
Demolition of existing outbuilding and replace with new dwelling. (amended Scheme).
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.
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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