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18 Albert Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Ru

5/2021/2474HouseholderApproved

Approved on 13 January 2022

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Replacement of front windows (retrospective)

Received
25 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 18 Albert Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Ru. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1RU
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2021
Consultation expiry
25 December 2021
Consultation end
25 December 2021
Target decision date
25 December 2021
Application expires
13 January 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 December 2021

Additional information

Documents
11

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
  • Article 4 direction: Sopwell Lane and Albert Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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