Gloucester House 72 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1NG Data via plota.co.uk

5/2025/1940 - MAL Approved

Proposal

Replacement of defective front elevation windows Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Oct 2025
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Validated
18 Nov 2025
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Approved
5 Feb 2026

Approved on 5 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 6

St Albans - London Road conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
14 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Front Walls and Gate to Number 11, Grade II, about 25 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 13 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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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 174 m away: St Albans Abbey, site of conventual buildings; Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the St Albans built-up area; Air quality management area about 31 m away: St Albans AQMA No. 1.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 2 November 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
MAL
Postcode
AL1 1NG
Received
24 Oct 2025
Validated
18 Nov 2025
Ward
St Peters
Target decision
3 Jan 2026
Decision
DC3 Conditional Permission
Decision date
5 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Cannon, Morgan & Rheinberg Partnership

How this decision compares

Decided in 79 days from validation, 39 days faster than St Albans's median of 118 for full applications. Approved, as 74% of full applications here are.

9%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
68decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
318078PLN
Comments by
3 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
11 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
12 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2023
1 Saracens Head Yard Pageant Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Nd
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2023
66 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Nw
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
5-7 Clockhouse Court London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1La
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2021 Approved
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Replacement of garden shed (retrospective)
5/2021/3035
2021 Approved
Garden Flat 58 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Ng
Replacement of garden shed (retrospective)
5/2021/3035
2021 Approved
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Installation of external plant and timber enclosure
5/2021/2284
2021 Approved
40 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Ng
Installation of external plant and timber enclosure
5/2021/2284
2020 Approved
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Alterations to shopfront
5/2020/2994
2020 Approved
1 Canberra House London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Le
Alterations to shopfront
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2020 Approved
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Advertisement consent - Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign
5/2021/0069
2016 Withdrawn
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings