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Land Between The Alban Way And Colney Heath Lane St Albans Hertfordshire

5/2023/1923(Large Scale Major) DwellingsPending Decision
Full

Proposal

Outline application (access sought) - Construction of up to 190 dwellings to include 50% affordable housing and 10% self-build and custom housing, a minimum of 6ha of public open space, landscaping, biodiversity habitat, formation of new access and all an

Received
14 September 2023
Target decision date
11 November 2023
Ward
Colney Heath
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
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  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided
9 weeks typical decision time in St Albans86% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application at Land Between The Alban Way And Colney Heath Lane St Albans Hertfordshire. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type and approves 79% of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. It was submitted on 14 September 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Colney Heath.

Application Details

Reference
5/2023/1923
Address
Land Between The Alban Way And Colney Heath Lane St Albans Hertfordshire
Local Authority
St Albans
Application Type
(Large Scale Major) Dwellings
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
190
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Under Consideration
Ward
Colney Heath
Parish
Colney Heath

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
14 September 2023
Consultation Expiry
11 November 2023
Target Decision Date
11 November 2023
Date Validated
6 October 2023
Date Submitted
14 September 2023
Consultation End
11 November 2023
Application Expires
3 January 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
PENDING
Statutory Period
89 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
19 October 2023

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12289962
Documents
213
Coordinates
51.753050, -0.337967
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: St Albans

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    14 Sep

    Outline application (access sought) - Construction of up to 190 dwellings to include 50% affordable housing…

    This applicationPendingFull5/2023/1923
  2. No date

    Scoping opinion for planning application 5/2023/1923

    Environmental Statement requiredApplicationRelated5/2026/0877

Planning constraints

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

  • Conservation area: St Albans - The Commercial Centre
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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