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85 Sopwell Lane St Albans Al1 1Rn

5/2007/2263Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Withdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 12 December 2007

Council decision: Invalid application

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

Proposal

No description was published for this application.

Received
10 September 2007
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 85 Sopwell Lane St Albans Al1 1Rn. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 93 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 3,222 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 1RN
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Validated
10 September 2007

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 - Holywell Hill / Sopwell Lane
  • Listed building: Grade II: 79, Sopwell LaneOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Sopwell Lane and Albert Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

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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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2007
    10 Sep

    Full Planning Application (pre-2009)

    WithdrawnFull Planning Application (pre-2009)Filed alongside5/2007/2260
  2. 2007
    10 Sep

    Full

    This applicationWithdrawnFull5/2007/2263

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