14 Belmont Hill St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1RD Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1525 - Householder Pending Consideration

Proposal

Garden room/outbuilding to be used as a home office. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2026
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Validated
13 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 7 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Nov 2026, from St Albans's recent extensions.

The consultation period closed on 29 Oct 2026.

Documents 6

Consultation & comments 3

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third party comment · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third party comment · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF 1525 Summary of Consultations · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

St Albans - Holywell Hill / Sopwell Lane 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 ↗
13 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: War Memorial Plaque attached to 1 Bardwell Road and 22 Thorpe Road, Grade II, 53 m away · 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.
Show all 13 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the St Albans built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 2

Last sold for £1,100,000 in April 2025. Detached house, freehold.

30 April 2025£1,100,000
15 July 1996£160,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area123 m² (1,324 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (70 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 5 habitable rooms
Built1967 to 1975
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2023, 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
AL1 1RD
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Ward
St Peters
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Outdoor Modular Spaces Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 91, past the statutory target. 61% of extensions in St Albans are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 12 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 10 Nov 2026.

Day 9135 days past the 56-day target
29%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
752decided in the last year

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.

24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
323303PLN
Planning Portal ref
15149144
Neighbours
8 Sept 2026
Consultation
8 Sept 2026
Comments by
29 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
7 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

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.