Land Rear Of Noke Side And Long Fallow And 4 Noke Si Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

Pending Consideration 5/2024/2293
Date received
24 Dec 2024
Date validated
4 Feb 2025

Description

Outline application (access sought) - Residential development of up to 27 dwellings and associated works including demolition of 4 Noke Side Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 11 Nov 2026; it is now day 645.

Day 645, past the statutory target. 35% of full applications in St Albans are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Nov 2026.

Day 645554 days past the 91-day target
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 →

Planning committee

Decided by St Albans Development Management Committee on 15 Dec 2025. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved by 7 votes to 1

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the proposal was acceptable in principle, with no unacceptable harm identified and benefits outweighing harms.
  • Residents and local groups raised concerns about Green Belt development, traffic, access, flooding, landscape, wildlife and neighbouring amenity.
  • The committee voted 7 to 1 to grant outline permission, subject to a legal agreement and conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site context, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of St Albans's committee minutes of 15 Dec 2025.

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 74 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