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The Goat Inn 37 Sopwell Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Rn

5/2023/0910Listed Buildings ApplicationsApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 21 July 2023

Council decision: DC10 Listed Building Conditional Consent

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

Proposal

Listed Building consent - Internal alterations to provide ensuite bathrooms to the two west wing bedrooms

Received
28 April 2023
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated2 May
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Goat Inn 37 Sopwell Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Rn. St Albans has handled 375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 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 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

91% of heritage 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
Listed Buildings Applications
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 May 2023
Consultation expiry
10 June 2023
Consultation end
18 May 2023
Target decision date
18 May 2023
Application expires
26 June 2023

Planning decision

Case officer
Lucy Pedder
Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12053819
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
  • 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

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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