Land On The South Side Of Harper Lane Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1791 - NAC Pending Consideration

Proposal

CONSULTATION ONLY - Hybrid planning application comprising: (1) Outline planning application for a residential development (up to 200 dwellings), community building, associated works including infrastructure, blue and green infrastructure and landscaping/drainage attenuation. All matters reserved except for access; and (2) Full application for the demolition of and relocation of the existing Bowls Club and demolition and relocation of any buildings associated with the football club and relocation and replacement of the existing football pitches (plus associated works) together with associated facilities, infrastructure, car parking and access (re-consultation relates to a larger application site area and amended layout in respect of the bowls club and associated car parking, footpaths and bridleways, and also to the layout of the football pitches, with the inclusion ofa bund). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 04:23

Application progress

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Received

1 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

2 Oct 2026

✓

Consultation

2 Oct 2026

Decision

Target date was 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 22 Oct 2026.

Comments are open until 11 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 3

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 6 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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: NAC
Received: 1 Oct 2026
Validated: 2 Oct 2026
Ward: Park Street
Parish: St Stephen
Target decision: 22 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Hertsmere Borogh Council

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: 324215PLN
Consultation: 2 Oct 2026
Comments by: 11 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

St Albans

Planning Authority Score

1.1/10

Poor

#290 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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