The Rose And Crown Ph 8-10 St Michaels Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4SG Data via plota.co.uk

5/2025/1939 - MAL Under Consideration

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to revise internal layout for pub kitchen and cellar with new internal partitions, addition of hot pass within rear wall of bar area and relocation of approved commercial extract fan, staff lockers and WC added to… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Oct 2025
✓
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Decision
Target date was 3 Jan 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 3 Jan 2026.

The consultation period closed on 3 Jan 2026.

Site constraints 10

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
St Albans - Fishpool Street and St Michaels Village 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
Verulam and Fishpool Street. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Scheduled monument about 26 m away: Verulamium, site of
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
21 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 8, St Michaels Street, Grade II, about 33 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 19 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
Public footpath about 29 m away; Radon affected area, class 3; Flood defence about 33 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the St Albans built-up area; Green belt about 26 m away: London.

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
AL3 4SG
Received
21 Oct 2025
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Ward
Verulam
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
318010PLN
Planning Portal ref
14377740
Comments by
3 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
11 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
11 Jan 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