67 St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3EA Data via plota.co.uk

5/2025/1530 - Major Approved

Proposal

Construction of a 4/5 storey building plus basement with Class E (retail) at basement and ground floor levels and 24 flats on the upper floors Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Aug 2025
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Validated
20 Oct 2025
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Consultation
24 Oct 2025
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Approved
9 Jul 2026
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Appeal allowed

Approved on 9 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 31 Oct 2026

Documents 41

Consultation & comments 23

PDF 5/2025/1529 & 5/2025/1530 Consultation response - LLFA · 12 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Thames Water Consultation response - Utility · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Waste/Recycling 67 & 69 St Peters Street - 5/2025/1529 & 5/2025/1530 Consultation response - internal · 30 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SADC Waste Consultation response - external · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Growth /2025/1529 at 69-69A St. Peters StreetSt AlbansAL1 3ED Consultation response - HCC Property · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FW: 5/2025/1530 Leisure Contribution Consultation response - internal · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultation response - Design/Conservation · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third party comment · 20 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Growth 5/2025/1530 at 67 St Peters Street Consultation response - HCC Property · 20 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FW: Response To Application Number 5/2025/1530 at 67 St Peters Street St Albans HertfordshireAl1 3Ea Consultation response - Highways · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Consultation response - external · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF FW: 5.2025.1530 67 St Peters Street.docx Consultation response - Design/Conservation · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FW: 5/2025/1530 Consultation response - Environmental Compliance · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Affinity Water Consultation response - external · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Thames Water Consultation response - Utility · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FW: 5/2025/1530 67 St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire Consultation response - Design/Conservation · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Comment on a Planning Application - <5/2025/1530> Consultation response - Archaeology · 3 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Water Officer |Fire & Rescue Consultation response - external · 3 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Met Office Consultation response - external · 3 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third party comment · 30 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Consultation response - other internal Consultation response - internal · 28 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Waste Management 5/2025/1530 at 67 St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Ea Consultation response - internal · 28 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 1530 Summary of Consultations · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

St Albans - The Commercial Centre conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
15 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 28 and 30, St Peter's Street, Grade II, about 49 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 14 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 15 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the St Albans built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £3,300,000 in January 2019. Other property, freehold.

17 January 2019£3,300,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
12 January 2017£2,100,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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
Major
Postcode
AL1 3EA
Received
14 Aug 2025
Validated
20 Oct 2025
Ward
St Peters
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Jan 2026
Decision
Appeal Lodged Non-Determnation
Decision date
9 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision

How this decision compares

Decided in 262 days from validation, 144 days slower than St Albans's median of 118 for full applications. Approved, as 74% of full applications here are.

9%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
68decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

33 neighbours consulted · Last counted 31 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
5/25/1530
Neighbours
12 May 2025
Consultation
24 Oct 2025
Comments by
22 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
30 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
17 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.