Land Between Bell Lane And Millhouse House Bedmond Lane Bedmond Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1799 - NAC Under Consultation

Proposal

CONSULTATION ONLY - Construction of 40 residential units (Class C3); associated access, parking, landscaping and public open space Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 07:12

Application progress

✓

Received

5 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

6 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 27 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 8 Jan 2027 and 19 Feb 2027, from St Albans's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 27 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 7

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Public bridleway about 2 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

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

Radon affected area, class 4; Priority habitat about 7 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the Bedmond built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 October 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, 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.

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Important details

Council: St Albans
Application type: NAC
Received: 5 Oct 2026
Validated: 6 Oct 2026
Parish: ST STEPHEN
Target decision: 27 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: C Wilson (Three Rivers Council)

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 91-day target. St Albans usually decides new homes by day 117.

prediction

Day 3114 days to the predicted decision (day 117)

23%decided within 8 weeks

70%approved

6%go to committee

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: 324259PLN
Comments by: 27 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 26 Oct 2026
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