28 Gainsborough Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4NL
Approved on 6 November 2025
Council decision: Permission in Principle GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Permission in Principle - Demolition of existing detached dwellinghouse (over 50m3), subdivision of the plot into two and construction of two new four bedroomed houses at 28 Gainsborough Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4NL
- Received
- 17 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Clarence
- ReceivedReceived17 Jul
- ValidatedValidated25 Jul
- Consult.Consultation6 Sep
- TargetTarget Date6 Sep
- DecidedDecided6 Nov
Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at 28 Gainsborough Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4NL. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Clarence. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.
71% of outline 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
- AL1 4NL
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Central St Albans
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 6 September 2025
- Application expires
- 28 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 43 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 31 July 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Albans - Clarence Park
- 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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20269 Oct
Demolition of the existing detached dwelling and construction of two detached four- bedroom dwellings, new…
PendingApplication5/2026/1626 - 202628 Jan
Proposed Works: Fell one Cherry tree located in the rear garden. Reasons for Work: The tree is exhibiting…
ApprovedTree works in conservation areaTP/2026/0035 - 202524 Dec
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two detached four bedroom dwellings with associated works…
RefusedApplication5/2025/2359 - 20251 May
Fell the two Cypress trees and one Holly on the left-hand-side of the rear garden. Fell the Holly on the…
ApprovedTree works in conservation areaTP/2025/0218
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