36 Battlefield Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4DD Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1609 - NMA Pending Consideration

Proposal

Non Material Amendment - Removal of a chimney stack and a first floor side window, an additional rooflight has been added to the front elevation and the original rooflight positions and arrangement have been altered slightly of planning permission 5/2025/2173 dated 23/01/2026 for Proposed loft conversion with front and side rooflights, two pitched roof dormers to the rear, removal of chimney stacks and placement of solar panels on rear and side roof Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
1 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 1 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 8 Nov 2026 and 3 Dec 2026, from St Albans's recent extensions.

The consultation period closed on 2 Oct 2026.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 2

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 6 October 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 1

Last sold for £935,000 in March 2006. Detached house, freehold.

31 March 2006£935,000

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

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Important details

Council
St Albans
Application type
NMA
Postcode
AL1 4DD
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Ward
Bernards Heath
Parish
CENTRAL
Target decision
1 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 54 of the 56-day target. St Albans usually decides extensions by day 77.

Day 5423 days to the predicted decision (day 77)
30%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
717decided 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.

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
323576PLN
Planning Portal ref
15194881
Comments by
2 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
1 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
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.