Land Rear Of Forge End Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 5/2024/2239

Council

Date received

18 Dec 2024

Date validated

28 Jan 2025

Description

Submission of Reserved Matters (details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) in respect of the erection of 150 dwellings and associated open space, hard and soft landscaping, car parking and other infrastructure following outline planning permission dated 22/03/2024, allowed... Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 8 Nov 2026, 23:55

Planning committee

Decided by St Albans Development Management Committee on 23 Feb 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved by 8 votes to 1

As officers recommended.

For8

Against1

Abstained1

Officers advised approval because the proposal was acceptable overall, despite concerns about housing mix and parking provision.
Residents and the parish council raised concerns about Green Belt harm, highways, drainage, amenity, ecology, construction and safety.
The committee voted to grant approval, with amended conditions and an additional pumping-station noise condition.

Read how the committee decided The proposed homes, planning history, officer assessment, objections, consultation, speakers, debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of St Albans's committee minutes of 23 Feb 2026.

Associated applications 15

Part of

OutlineRefused6 Dec 2022council archive

Conditions 24 discharged · 14, 29 awaiting decision · 21, 26 decided (outcome not recorded)
- Reserved mattersSubmission of Reserved Matters (details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale)…This application28 Jan 20255/2024/2239
- Show 11 more · 3 approved, 6 pending, 2 decided
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 29 (details of play spaces) approved by appeal dated12 Oct 202626/1835/CON
  - Planning obligationNotice of an application to discharge a planning obligation - Schedule 5 Clause 1 Self-Build…14 Sep 20265/2026/1551
  - Planning obligationNotice of an application to discharge a planning obligation - Affordable Housing Mix for Phase…31 Mar 20265/2026/0651
  - Planning obligationApplication to modify planning obligation Schedule 2 paragraph 6 in relation to the mortgage…20 Mar 20265/2026/0315
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 24 (archaeological evaluation) allowed at appeal dated10 Mar 20265/2026/0454
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 26 (options appraisal and remediation strategy) allowed at appeal dated6 Mar 20265/2026/0425
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 14 (offsite improvement works) allowed on appeal dated for Demolition…13 Jan 20265/2025/2303
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 21 (adequate water supplies and fire hydrants) allowed on appeal dated…19 Dec 20255/2025/2304
  - Reserved matters5 Nov 2024archive
    Conditions 5 awaiting decision
    - Show 2 more · 2 pending
      ConditionsDischarge of Condition 5 (details of the Electric Vehicle charging points)2 Nov 20265/2026/1750
      AmendmentNon-material amendment - relocation of the sub-station to 5m north-east of the approved location14 Oct 202626/1828/NMA
FullPending21 Aug 20265/2026/1559
***CON***
FullPending24 Aug 20265/2026/1563
***CON***

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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 3; Inside the Chiswell Green built-up area; Green belt about 55 m away: London.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 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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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

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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