Hillview, Luton Road, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8QE Data via plota.co.uk

CB/26/02813/FULL - Full Application Registered
Extensions & alterationsCommercial premises

Proposal

Single storey front extension with roof lights to create an aftersales reception Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Sept 2026
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Validated
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 18 Dec 2026, from Central Bedfordshire's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 3 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 5

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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Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1610 m away: London Luton Airport Expansion.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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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Important details

Council
Central Bedfordshire
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
AL3 8QE
Received
10 Sept 2026
Validated
25 Sept 2026
Parish
Slip End
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Nov 2026
Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. Central Bedfordshire usually decides full applications by day 84.

Day 1470 days to the predicted decision (day 84)
14%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
622decided in the last year

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Public comments

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Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Sept 2026
Comments by
3 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Withdrawn
Outline Application: Outline Application with all matters reserved apart from Access: Dem…
CB/25/02350/OUT
2022 Approved
Extension to existing building to create an aftersales reception
CB/22/04133/FULL
2022 Approved
Erection of a Heritage Museum for classical & rare cars
CB/22/03840/FULL
2019 Approved
Amendment to application CB/18/04784/FULL for the erection of a Heritage Museum
CB/19/02598/FULL
2018 Approved
Erection of a heritage museum
CB/18/04784/FULL
2019 Approved
Other Authority Consultation: construction of a car port
CB/19/00164/OAC
2018 Approved
Retrospective application for 4 engineering workshops and increase in hardstanding.
CB/18/01377/FULL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Land South And Adjacent To Hill View Luton Road Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire
Outline Application with all matters reserved apart from access for the demolition of 1no…
25/02006/OUT
2025 Approved
Land South And Adjacent To Hill View Luton Road Markyate St Albans Hertfordshire
Outline Application with all matters reserved apart from access for the demolition of 1no…
25/02006/OUT
2019 Approved
Bell Classics Hill View Luton Road Markyate AL3 8QE
Construction of a car port
4/00028/19/FUL
2019 Approved
Hillview Luton Road Markyate St.Albans AL3 8QE.
Construction of a heritage museum
4/00227/19/CON
2018 Approved
Land South And Adjacent To Hill View Luton Road Markyate
Alterations to access
4/01818/18/FUL
2018 Withdrawn
Hillview, Luton Road, Markyate, AL3 8QE
Alterations to access
CB/18/02712/FULL
2018 Approved
Hillview Luton Road Markyate AL3 8QE
Consultation
4/01811/18/CON
Central Bedfordshire
Planning Authority Score
6.3/10
Average
#88 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Central Bedfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #62 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Central Bedfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #218 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #169 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #62 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #99 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
153 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
29 decided (10+ homes)
73%
Change of use approved
45 decided
1,444
Total decisions
226 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings