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160-162 London Road St. Albans Al1 1Pq

5/2000/1772Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Approved
Full

Approved on 11 October 2000

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from retail (Class A1) to financial and professional services (Class A2)

Received
21 August 2000
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 160-162 London Road St. Albans Al1 1Pq. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 3,226 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

86% of full applications at St Albans City and District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL1 1PQ
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2000
Consultation expiry
9 October 2000
Consultation end
9 October 2000
Target decision date
9 October 2000
Committee meeting
10 October 2000
Decision issued
13 October 2000
Application expires
15 October 2000

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 September 2000

Additional information

Documents
1

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 - London Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: St Albans

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