The Crooked Billet 88 High Street Colney Heath St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0NP Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
AMENDED PLANS & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - Erection of nine new dwellings, creation of a new minor vehicular access, and associated parking and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 4 Aug 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 18 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by St Albans Development Management Committee on 3 Aug 2026.
Approved by 9 votes to 1
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because housing benefits outweighed limited landscape and heritage harm, subject to conditions.
- Residents and the parish council raised concerns about Green Belt development, traffic, heritage, sustainability, the pub and pedestrian safety.
- The committee voted 9–1 to grant conditional permission.
Source: Plota analysis of St Albans's committee minutes of 3 Aug 2026.
Site constraints 5
Show all 3 with distances
- 37 m94, High StreetGrade II
- 50 mApsley CottageGrade II
- 73 mThe Crooked Billet Public HouseGrade II
Checked on 18 September 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 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
- MIND
- Postcode
- AL4 0NP
- Received
- 4 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 26 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Colney Heath
- Parish
- COLNEY HEATH
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 19 Oct 2025
- Decision
- DC3 Conditional Permission
- Decision date
- 4 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Studio LK Limited
How this decision compares
Decided in 343 days from validation, 226 days slower than St Albans's median of 117 for new homes. Approved, as 70% of new homes here are.
Plota live figures for new homes decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 316585PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 14206143
- Comments by
- 19 Oct 2025
- Site or press notice
- 4 Sept 2025
- Committee
- 3 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 20 Oct 2025
Historical activity at this location
5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
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