Watling View School Watling View St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Nu

5/2023/0243County CouncilAwaiting decision

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

Proposal

Consultation Only - Demolition of the existing hydrotherapy pool, modular classroom building and linking circulation spaces and the construction of a replacement hydrotherapy pool building

Received: 2 February 2023
Decision due: 24 February 2023
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Sopwell

ReceivedReceived2 Feb
ValidatedValidated2 Feb
Consult.Consultation24 Feb
TargetTarget Date24 Feb
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Watling View School Watling View St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Nu. St Albans has handled 58 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 February 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Sopwell. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

87% of all 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 2NU
Application type: County Council
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 February 2023
Consultation expiry: 24 February 2023
Consultation end: 24 February 2023
Application expires: 1 March 2023

Planning decision

Decision: PENDING
Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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.

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Source: St Albans

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