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4 Marshalswick Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4XG

5/2025/1348Refused

Refused on 29 October 2025

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

New garage with dropped curb to access driveway at 4 Marshalswick Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4XG

  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 4 Marshalswick Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4XG. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marshalswick West. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed access and vehicle crossover point would be sited within an area designated as a bus stop on Marshalswick Lane. The development would be detrimental to the free and safe operation of buses using the bus stop and would therefore be detrimental to highway safety, being contrary to Policy 34 of the St Albans Local Plan Review 1994, the Hertfordshire Local Transport Plan 2018 and the provisions of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL1 4XG

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
JOHN EDGELL LIMITED

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.

Source: St Albans

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