5 Palfrey Close St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5RE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Single storey side and rear, part first floor extension to raise eaves and alterations to openings. New roof light to existing front slope Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 5 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026
Site constraints 5
Checked on 2 November 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £1,117,500 in August 2025. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 59 days from validation, 24 days faster than St Albans's median of 83 for householder applications. Approved, as 87% of householder applications here are.
Plota live figures for householder applications decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 318699PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 14543957
- Comments by
- 24 Jan 2026
- Site or press notice
- 1 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Feb 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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