St Albans Childrens Centre, Church Crescent, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 5JB

PL/0518/25AmendmentAwaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of the first floor (only) from children’s centre (use class E) to services for young people centre (sui generis). Erection of replacement buggy/cycle store and proposed new fire escape door

Received: 23 October 2025
Council: Hertfordshire County Council

ReceivedReceived23 Oct
ValidatedValidated23 Oct
Consult.Consultation1 Dec
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at St Albans Childrens Centre, Church Crescent, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 5JB. Hertfordshire has handled 13 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,256 applications in total for the AL3 postcode area.

Across all application types, Hertfordshire County Council typically decides in about 21 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: AL3 5JB
Application type: Amendment
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 1 December 2025
Consultation end: 1 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Hertfordshire County Council 2nd Floor, Robertson House Six Hills Way Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 2ST

Planning decision

Case officer: Mr Chay Dempster

Additional information

Documents: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: St Albans - Gombards and the Spencer Park Estate
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Hertfordshire

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