156 Fishpool Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4RZ Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1743 - PPOR Under Consideration

Proposal

***CON***PP-15246849 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 18 Jan 2027 and 6 Mar 2027, from St Albans's recent full applications.

Site constraints 7

19 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 142-148, Fishpool Street, Grade II, about 5 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 17 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 19 with distances
Historic England ↗
St Albans - Fishpool Street and St Michaels Village conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Verulam and Fishpool Street. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Scheduled monument about 99 m away: Verulamium, site of
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the St Albans built-up area; Green belt about 26 m away: London.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 26 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,600,000 in August 2025. Other property, freehold.

5 August 2025£1,600,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
St Albans
Application type
PPOR
Postcode
AL3 4RZ
Received
24 Sept 2026
Ward
Verulam
Applicant
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Agent
Paul Allen (Ap Consulting Engineers)

Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. St Albans usually decides full applications by day 138.

Day 11127 days to the predicted decision (day 138)
8%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
36decided in the last year

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
324080PLN
Env. assessment
No
St Albans
Planning Authority Score
1.1/10
Poor
#290 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
St Albans decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #180 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #226 of 296
29%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #285 of 296
64%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #278 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
130 decided (1-9 homes)
61%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,411
Total decisions
184 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.