Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire
Approved on 8 May 2025
Council decision: Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Discharge of Conditions 13 (sustainable surface water drainage scheme) and 14 (implementation, maintenance and management of the sustainable drainage scheme) of planning permission 5/2024/0142 dated 21/01/2025 for 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
- Received
- 20 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Park Street
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated21 Feb
- Consult.Consultation21 Mar
- TargetTarget Date21 Mar
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition 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 77 days, 3 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
- Discharge of Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St Stephen
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 21 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 March 2025
- Application expires
- 17 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- DPV CONSULT LIMITED
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13780209
- Documents
- 20
Site 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.
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Discharge of Condition 8 (landscaping) of planning permission 5/2024/0142
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ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment5/2026/0692 - No date
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20251 Dec
Notice of an application to discharge a planning obligation - Submission and Approval of Communal Facilities…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/2187 - 202422 Nov
Application to discharge Section 106 obligation - Submission and approval of revised Bridleway and Access…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2024/2032
Source: St Albans
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