Land Adjacent Westwick Cottage Westwick Row Leverstock Green Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1408 - PPOR Pending Consideration

Proposal

Outline Application for residential development of 9 dwellings, and associated works. With all matters reserved other than access. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 10:10

Application progress

✓

Received

23 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

4 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

14 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 29 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 6 Dec 2026 and 11 Jan 2027, from St Albans's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 5

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Westwick Cottage, Grade II*, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 1 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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1 mWestwick CottageGrade II*
67 mKing Charles Ii CottageGrade II

Historic England ↗

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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Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Hemel Hempstead 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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: PPOR
Postcode: HP2 4UB
Received: 23 Jul 2026
Validated: 4 Sept 2026
Ward: Verulam
Parish: ST MICHAEL
Target decision: 29 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 55 of the 56-day target. St Albans usually decides new homes by day 106.

target

prediction

Day 5551 days to the predicted decision (day 106)

22%decided within 8 weeks

68%approved

5%go to committee

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 objecting

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: 322948PLN
Planning Portal ref: 15101938
Neighbours: 14 Sept 2026
Consultation: 14 Sept 2026
Comments by: 5 Nov 2026
Site or press notice: 24 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 29 Oct 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

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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