2 Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1361 - CON Refused

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 5 (landscaping) of planning permission dated 25/09/2025 for External alterations to existing building comprising new infill wall and fenestration in lower ground floor/undercroft Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
15 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
16 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
8 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

St Albans - Old Gasworks and the Abbey Line 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 ↗
Article 4 direction
St Albans Abbey Station. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Also on the record
Inside the St Albans built-up area; Green belt about 55 m away: London.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
CON
Postcode
AL1 2PS
Received
15 Jul 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Ward
Sopwell
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Aug 2026
Decision
Discharge of Condition - Refused
Decision date
8 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 27 days faster than St Albans's median of 81 for extensions. Refused, as 15% of extensions here are.

28%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
618decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
322815PLN
Planning Portal ref
15076359
Comments by
20 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Sept 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