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

5/2024/2032S106Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 March 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application to discharge Section 106 obligation - Submission and approval of revised Bridleway and Access Improvement Scheme in accordance with Paragraph 1.1(a), Part 1, Schedule 1 of Section 106 Agreement dated 28/01/2022 in relation to planning permission 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, as amended by planning permission 5/2023/0811 dated 28/07/2023 at Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green Hertfordshire St Albans

Received
22 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park Street
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target4 Jan
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire. St Albans has handled 688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Park Street.

90% of conditions 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

Application type
S106
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Stephen

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2024
Consultation expiry
4 January 2025
Consultation end
4 January 2025
Target decision date
4 January 2025
Application expires
19 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
DPV CONSULT LIMITED

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 December 2024

Additional information

Documents
22

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: 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.

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.

Source: St Albans

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