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Sleapshyde Farm Sleapshyde Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Se

5/2024/0259Change of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of an agricultural barn to residential dwelling with associated hard and soft landscaping

Received
12 February 2024
Decision due
23 March 2024
Ward
Colney Heath
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Sleapshyde Farm Sleapshyde Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Se. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 February 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Sleapshyde conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Colney Heath. We hold 2,082 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.

55% of amendment 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 0SE
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colney Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2024
Consultation expiry
23 March 2024
Consultation end
23 March 2024
Application expires
8 April 2024

Planning decision

Decision
PENDING
Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12800205
Documents
0

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: Sleapshyde
  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

Planning history at this site

17 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    5 Sep

    A Willow tree to be pollarded back to previous pollarding joints

    ApprovedTree works in conservation areaTP/2023/0452
  2. 2023
    17 Feb

    Discharge of Condition 3 (materials) 5 (window details) and 6 ( bin store details) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2023/0343
  3. 2021
    19 Nov

    Discharge of Condition 10 (building recording/watching brief) of 5/2019/0152

    Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2021/3235
  4. 2021
    29 Jul

    Discharge of Conditions 5 (windows and doors), 6 (installing services), 7 (structural alterations), 8 (eaves…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions5/2021/2269
  5. 2021
    29 Jul

    Discharge of Conditions 6 (hard and soft landscape), 7 (planting plans), 14 (windows and doors), 15…

    Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2021/2220
  6. 2020
    17 Aug

    Timber stable block with associated hardstanding and landscaping

    Refused(Minor) All Other Developments5/2020/1885

Source: St Albans

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