94A Clarence Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4NQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Construction of rear garden room outbuilding with air-conditioning unit Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 11 Jun 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 18 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by St Albans Development Management Committee on 8 Jun 2026.
Approved by 11 votes to 0
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the outbuilding would preserve the conservation area, avoid neighbour harm and provide adequate parking.
- Six objections and two supporting representations were received, raising concerns including scale, amenity, trees, privacy, noise and future residential use.
- The committee voted unanimously to grant conditional permission, with 11 votes for, none against and no abstentions.
Source: Plota analysis of St Albans's committee minutes of 8 Jun 2026.
Site constraints 2
Checked on 18 September 2026. 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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £1,390,000 in May 2023. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 185 days from validation, 104 days slower than St Albans's median of 81 for extensions. Approved, as 85% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 318685PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 14542232
- Comments by
- 28 Jan 2026
- Site or press notice
- 1 Jan 2026
- Committee
- 8 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Feb 2026
Historical activity at this location
29 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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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