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Highfield Farm Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Rl

5/2023/1208Agricultural BuildingApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 3 July 2023

Council decision: AB permission not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval - Agricultural storage building for storing commodities and machinery

Received
7 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Colney Heath
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target29 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Highfield Farm Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Rl. St Albans has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Colney Heath. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 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
AL4 0RL
Application type
Agricultural Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 June 2023
Consultation expiry
29 June 2023
Consultation end
29 June 2023
Target decision date
29 June 2023
Application expires
4 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12214777
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Apr

    Full planning application to change use from redundant agricultural building to a commercial use (indoor…

    PendingApplication5/2026/0435
  2. 2025
    10 Nov

    Prior approval - Change of use of 5 agricultural buildings into 7 residential dwellings (Class C3 Use) along…

    WithdrawnWithdrawn5/2025/2059
  3. 2025
    23 Apr

    Prior approval - Change of use of 5 agricultural buildings into 7 residential dwellings (Class C3 Use) along…

    WithdrawnWithdrawn5/2025/0834
  4. 2023
    4 Oct

    Prior Approval - New agricultural grain store building for storing combinable crops

    ApprovedAgricultural Building5/2023/2049
  5. 2021
    15 Sep

    Prior Approval - Change of use of agricultural barn to a flexible use

    ApprovedOutline5/2021/2631
  6. 2015
    23 Feb

    Non Material Amendment-Reduction in size of single storey side extension of planning permission 5/2013/2691

    ApprovedNon-material amendment5/2015/0568

Source: St Albans

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