27 Highfield Road Sandridge Hertfordshire AL4 9BX Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed roof and loft extensions with ground floor extensions and alterations including amendment to drive. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 14 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Nov 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 3
Other documents 1
Site constraints 6
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £1,050,000 in February 2025. Detached house, 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 June 2024, 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
- AL4 9BX
- Received
- 29 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 13 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Sandridge And Wheathampstead
- Parish
- Sandridge
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 10 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 14 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Divine Design Consultants Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 121 days from validation, 42 days slower than St Albans's median of 79 for extensions. Refused, as 14% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 319011PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 14563494
- Comments by
- 13 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 9 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
6 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.
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.
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