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Samuel Ryder Academy Drakes Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 5AR

5/2025/0988Approved

Approved on 15 September 2025

4 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed two storey extensions to sides of Sixth form and Music block. Proposed new door opening to create link corridor to East side of Gymnasium, new door opening with staircase to Computer room, insertion of rooflights and demolition of existing store room at Samuel Ryder Academy Drakes Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 5AR

  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Sep

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Samuel Ryder Academy Drakes Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 5AR. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Cunningham. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL1 5AR

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    13 Oct

    Discharge of Condition 4 (construction management plan) of planning permission 5/2025/0988

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/1879
  2. No date

    Proposed two storey extensions to sides of Sixth form and Music block. Proposed new door opening to create…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2025/0988

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