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Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green Hertfordshire St Albans AL2 2DS

5/2024/0142(Large Scale Major) DwellingsApproved
Full

Approved on 21 January 2025

Council decision: PENDING

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow adjustments to the layout and roof profile of the central Assisted Living building and changes to the fenestration and detailing of both the Assisted Living building as well as some of the care bungalows and alterations to the site access of planning permission 5/2023/0811 dated 28/07/2023 for Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow alterations to the roof profile of the central part of the Assisted Living building, and alterations to the layout, fenestration and detailing of the Assisted Living building and some of the care bungalows for 5/2020/3022 allowed on appeal dated 31/01/2022 for Demolition of all existing buildings, structures and hardstanding and redevelopment of the site to provide a new retirement community comprising 80 assisted living apartments with community facilities and 44 bungalows together with associated access, bridleway extension, landscaping, amenity space, car parking and associated and ancillary works at Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green Hertfordshire St Albans AL2 2DS

Received
24 January 2024
Ward
Park Street
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated25 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 362 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green Hertfordshire St Albans AL2 2DS. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 363 days, 44 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Park Street. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the AL2 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
AL2 2DS
Application type
(Large Scale Major) Dwellings
Scale / size
Large
Parish
St Stephen

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 January 2024
Consultation expiry
9 March 2024
Consultation end
9 March 2024
Target decision date
9 March 2024
Application expires
23 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
DPV CONSULT LIMITED

Planning decision

Statutory period
89 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12713604
Documents
70

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

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