Land Rear Of 50 Woodstock Road North Accessed From Gleave Close St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4QF Data via plota.co.uk

5/2025/1680 - MIND Approved

Proposal

Construction of one detached three bedroom dwelling with ground floor garden room and new vehicular crossover Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Sept 2025
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Validated
14 Oct 2025
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Approved
27 Feb 2026

Approved on 27 Feb 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by St Albans Development Management Committee on 23 Feb 2026.

Approved by 9 votes to 0

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The application proposed building a detached three-bedroom house with a ground floor garden room and a new vehicle crossover.
  • The committee voted unanimously, 9 in favour and 0 against, to grant the application.
  • Permission was granted subject to conditions, including that the dwelling be built as a self-build or custom-build home.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, the vote and the conditions attached to the grant of permission.

Source: Plota analysis of St Albans's committee minutes of 23 Feb 2026.

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 3

Local nature reserve 244 m away: The Wick Wood
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the St Albans built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 5 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.

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Important details

Council
St Albans
Application type
MIND
Postcode
AL1 4QF
Received
12 Sept 2025
Validated
14 Oct 2025
Ward
Clarence
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Nov 2025
Decision
DC3 Conditional Permission
Decision date
27 Feb 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 136 days from validation, 18 days slower than St Albans's median of 118 for full applications. Approved, as 74% of full applications here are.

9%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
68decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
317190PLN
Planning Portal ref
14325673
Comments by
15 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
23 Oct 2025
Committee
23 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Dec 2025
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