St Lukes School Crouch Hall Lane Redbourn Hertfordshire AL3 7ET Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1616 - Discharge of Condition Pending Consideration

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 3 ( Construction Management Plan), 5 (Site Waste Management Plan), 7 (surface water management plan) and 8 (sustainable drainage scheme) of planning permission dated 03/07/2025 for Demolition of existing gym building and store and shed structures and construction of a training café building for young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (Class E), alterations to existing school farm together with ancillary storage containers and animal shelters, new landscaped courtyard, further landscape and habitat enhancements, cycle and car parking and refuse provision Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
3 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
20 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 28 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Nov 2026 and 18 Dec 2026, from St Albans's recent demolitions.

Comments are open until 30 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 3

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
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Redbourn built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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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Important details

Council
St Albans
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Postcode
AL3 7ET
Received
2 Sept 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Ward
Redbourn
Parish
Redbourn
Target decision
28 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tor&Co

Decision outlook

Day 55 of the 56-day target. St Albans usually decides demolitions by day 91.

Day 5536 days to the predicted decision (day 91)
21%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
119decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
323586PLN
Planning Portal ref
15180861
Consultation
20 Sept 2026
Comments by
30 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 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
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