69-69A St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3ED Data via plota.co.uk

5/2025/1529 - Major Approved

Proposal

Construction of a 4/5 storey building with Class E (retail) on the ground floor and 18 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
28 Nov 2025
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Consultation
26 Feb 2026
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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 47

Consultation & comments 25

PDF Name hidden Show Consultation response - Design/Conservation · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF 5/2025/1529 & 5/2025/1530 Consultation response - LLFA · 12 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Consultation response - Landscape · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF 1529 Summary of Consultations · 26 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF FW: 5/2025/1529 - 69-69A St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3ED Consultation response - LLFA · 6 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF 5/2025/1529 - 69-69A St Peters Street Consultation response - LLFA · 5 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Waste/Recycling 67 & 69 St Peters Street - 5/2025/1529 & 5/2025/1530 Consultation response - internal · 30 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Consultation response - Design/Conservation · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Ref: 5/2025/1529 at 69-69A St Peters Street Consultation response - Environmental Compliance · 20 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF FW: 5/2025/1529 - 69-69A St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3ED Consultation response - LLFA · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third party comment · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Thames Water, Consultation response - Utility · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultation response - Highways Consultation response - Highways · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 5/2025/1529 69-69A St Peters Street Consultation response - Design/Conservation · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Consultation response - Design/Conservation · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Consultation response - external · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF FW: Response To Application Number 5/2025/1529 at 69-69A St. Peters StreetSt AlbansAL1 3ED Consultation response - external · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Water Officer |Fire & Rescue|Community Protection Directorate Consultation response - external · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF RE: Planning application Ref: 5/2025/1529 at 69-69A St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3 Consultation response - Landscape · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Affinity water Consultation response - Utility · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FW: Historic England advice on Application no(s) 5/2025/1529 Consultation response - Historic England · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FW: Planning application Ref: 5/2025/1529 at 69-69A St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3 Consultation response - internal · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Comment on a Planning Application - <5/2025/1529> Consultation response - Archaeology · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FW: Consultation Response 5/2025/1529 Consultation response - external · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third party comment · 2 Dec 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 ↗
16 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 38, St Peter's Street, Grade II, about 47 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 15 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 16 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.

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Important details

Council
St Albans
Application type
Major
Postcode
AL1 3ED
Received
14 Aug 2025
Validated
28 Nov 2025
Ward
St Peters
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Feb 2026
Decision
Appeal Lodged Non-Determnation
Decision date
9 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision

How this decision compares

Decided in 223 days from validation, 105 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.

37 neighbours consulted · Last counted 31 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
5/25/1529
Neighbours
28 Nov 2025
Consultation
26 Feb 2026
Comments by
19 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
4 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
25 Feb 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