Katherine Warington School Lower Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 5FH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed two storey Sixth form teaching block, providing three classrooms and WC's on the ground floor and Sixth Form social and study on the first floor with sloped access to the new decking new decking area within the existing gabion wall to the south o… Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 26 Aug 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 9 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by St Albans Development Management Committee on 8 Jun 2026.
Approved by 11 votes to 0
As officers recommended.
- Residents raised concerns about Green Belt harm, traffic, parking, travel patterns and whether the need for the development had been demonstrated.
- The committee voted unanimously to grant conditional permission, subject to the legal agreement and conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of St Albans's committee minutes of 8 Jun 2026.
Site constraints 3
Checked on 11 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
- MAL
- Postcode
- AL5 5FH
- Received
- 29 Oct 2024
- Validated
- 30 Oct 2024
- Ward
- Harpenden East
- Parish
- HARPENDEN TOWN
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 27 Mar 2025
- Decision
- DC3 Conditional Permission
- Decision date
- 26 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- P Pawlik (Barker Associates (Essex) Ltd)
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 665 days from validation, 527 days slower than St Albans's median of 138 for full applications. Approved, as 83% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 311617PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 13054521
- Comments by
- 27 Mar 2025
- Site or press notice
- 14 Nov 2024
- Committee
- 8 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 24 Dec 2024
Historical activity at this location
23 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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