1 Bardwell Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1RQ Data via plota.co.uk

5/2025/1517 - Householder Approved

Proposal

Rear single storey kitchen extension to existing terrace, including second floor loft conversion Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2025
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Validated
19 Sept 2025
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Approved
11 Nov 2025

Approved on 11 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Nov 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 1517 Officer delegated report · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 1517 Decision notice · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application - householder (R) Application Form · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 5

PDF Parish/Town Council Consultation Response Parish/Town Council Response · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF design / conservation updated comments Consultation response - Design/Conservation · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultation response - Design/Conservation Consultation response - Design/Conservation · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ADVICE Consultation response - Archaeology · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 1517 Summary of Consultations · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF 1517 Site and press notice · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

St Albans - Holywell Hill / Sopwell Lane 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 ↗
14 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: War Memorial Plaque attached to 1 Bardwell Road and 22 Thorpe Road, Grade II, 3 m away · 14 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the St Albans built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 November 2026. 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 4

Last sold for £480,000 in March 2023. Terraced house, freehold.

23 March 2023£480,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
13 October 2004£265,000
26 April 2002£245,000
23 November 2001£145,000

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

Building

Floor area66 m² (710 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (67 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyMid-terrace house, 5 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
St Albans
Application type
Householder
Postcode
AL1 1RQ
Received
12 Aug 2025
Validated
19 Sept 2025
Ward
St Peters
Parish
Unparished Area
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Nov 2025
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
11 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Design Quarter UK Ltd
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 30 days faster than St Albans's median of 83 for householder applications. Approved, as 87% of householder applications here are.

24%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
726decided in the last year

Plota live figures for householder applications decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

11 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
5/25/1517
Statutory expiry
13 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.