Unit 8 Gavel Centre Porters Wood St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Pq

5/2024/1892Change of UseAwaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

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

Proposal

Change of use from the existing B8 to Sui Generis (retrospective)

Received: 1 November 2024
Decision due: 27 October 2025
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Bernards Heath

ReceivedReceived1 Nov
ValidatedValidated4 Dec
Consult.Consultation27 Oct
TargetTarget Date27 Oct
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 8 Gavel Centre Porters Wood St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Pq. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 November 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Bernards Heath. We hold 2,255 applications in total for the AL3 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: AL3 6PQ
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 December 2024
Consultation expiry: 27 October 2025
Consultation end: 27 October 2025
Application expires: 28 January 2025

Planning decision

Decision: PENDING
Statutory period: 327 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13501246
Documents: 59

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Article 4 direction: Porters Wood/Soothouse Spring
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: St Albans

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