Land Between The White Barn And 42 Tollgate Road Colney Heath St Albans Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of 30 dwellings, creation of a new vehicular access, two new public open spaces, a local area of play, a locally equipped area of play, a temporary structure community building for nature watching, associated landscaping, internal roads, parking Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 23 Jul 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 18 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by St Albans Development Management Committee on 23 Feb 2026.
Approved by 9 votes to 1
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the benefits, including housing, affordable homes, open space and biodiversity gain, outweighed the identified harm.
- Residents and local organisations raised concerns about Green Belt harm, traffic, sustainability, flooding, biodiversity, heritage and infrastructure.
- The committee approved the application by nine votes to one, with conditions and planning obligations.
Source: Plota analysis of St Albans's committee minutes of 23 Feb 2026.
Site constraints 7
Checked on 2 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 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
How this decision compares
Decided in 594 days from validation, 491 days slower than St Albans's median of 103 for new homes. Approved, as 66% 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
- 311947PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 13566266
- Comments by
- 5 Nov 2025
- Site or press notice
- 19 Dec 2024
- Committee
- 23 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 5 Mar 2025
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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