The Cherry Trees Indian Restaurant 261 Lower Luton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8HW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Permission in Principle - The construction of nine residential market dwellings Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 31 Oct 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Associated applications 2
- Permission in Principle - The construction of nine residential market dwellings
Site constraints 6
Checked on 12 October 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £804,000 in December 2022. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- St Albans
- Application type
- PIP
- Postcode
- AL4 8HW
- Received
- 4 Sept 2025
- Validated
- 10 Sept 2025
- Ward
- Sandridge & Wheathampstead
- Parish
- WHEATHAMPSTEAD
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 11 Oct 2025
- Decision
- DC3 Conditional Permission
- Decision date
- 31 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 51 days from validation, 41 days faster than St Albans's median of 92 for outline applications. Approved, as 50% of outline applications here are.
Plota live figures for outline applications decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 317082PLN
- Comments by
- 11 Oct 2025
- Site or press notice
- 18 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 14 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
37 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.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: 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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