5 Spencer Street And Rear Boundaries Of 25-37 Market St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5EH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Additional and Amended Information - Listed Building Consent - Demolition of the existing vacant commercial building (use class E) and the redevelopment of the site to provide a residential development (use class C3) comprising 47 apartments as well as cycle parking, refuse storage and hard and soft landscaping Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 5 Sept 2026; it is now day 391.
Documents 109
Statements & assessments 54
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 50
Site constraints 5
Show all 38 with distances
- 24 mThe Hertfordshire AdvertiserGrade II
- 24 mTown Hall ChambersGrade II
- 27 m2 AND 4, UPPER DAGNALL STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 32 mThe old Moot HouseGrade II
- 34 m1 and 3 St Peters StreetGrade II
- 35 m27, Market PlaceGrade II
- 42 mThe Kings HeadGrade II
- 45 m21 and 21a, Market PlaceGrade II
- 55 m26 and 28, Spencer StreetGrade II
- 57 mWellington Public HouseGrade II
- 60 m30, Spencer StreetGrade II
- 61 mCourt House (Town Hall)Grade II*
- 63 m18, Upper Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 65 m30 and 32, Market PlaceGrade II
- 73 mPremises Occupied by Uptons LtdGrade II
- 73 m26, Market PlaceGrade II
- 87 m13 Market PlaceGrade II
- 100 m40, Verulam RoadGrade II
- 101 m6, St Peters StreetGrade II
- 104 m11 Market PlaceGrade II
- 108 m3-11, Lower Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 109 m25, Verulam RoadGrade II
- 109 m9, French RowGrade II
- 110 mNational Westminster Bank LimitedGrade II
- 116 m3, 5 and 7, French RowGrade II
- 124 m3, Market PlaceGrade II
- 126 m14, Chequer StreetGrade II
- 128 mThe Fleur De Lis Public HouseGrade II
- 130 m1, Market PlaceGrade II
- 137 mClock TowerGrade I
- 137 mThe Old BootGrade II
- 138 m4 and 6, Lower Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 138 mFormer Unitarian ChapelGrade II
- 138 mK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Boot Public HouseGrade II
- 146 m8, Lower Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 147 m2, Market PlaceGrade II
- 147 m14, High StreetGrade II
- 149 m16 and 18, High StreetGrade II
Checked on 2 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
Decision outlook
Day 391, past the statutory target. 82% of listed building consent in St Albans are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 10 Nov 2026.
Plota live figures for listed building consent decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
110 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 317341PLN
- Neighbours
- 29 Oct 2025
- Consultation
- 4 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 5 Sept 2026
- Site or press notice
- 13 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 11 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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%).
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.
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The consultation period closed on 5 Sept 2026.