53 Station Road Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0HB Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1493 - PPOR Under Consultation

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow minor changes to the proposals of planning permission dated 12/12/2024 for Demolition of 53 Station Road and erection of 8 new dwellings with associated access, parking, amenity space and land… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 5 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 5 Nov 2026.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

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Associated applications 2

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    Conditions variation sought for 2

    • VariationVariation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow minor changes to the proposals…This application5/2026/1493

Site constraints 4

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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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 Smallford built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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 2

Last sold for £1,335,000 in September 2025. Detached house, freehold.

12 September 2025£1,335,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
24 January 1997£140,000

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
AL4 0HB
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Ward
Colney Heath
Parish
COLNEY HEATH
Target decision
5 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
323182PLN
Planning Portal ref
15137729
Comments by
5 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
24 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Nov 2026
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.

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