Batchwood Sports Centre Batchwood Hall Batchwood Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5XA
Proposal
Variation of Condition 17 (opening hours) to change the opening hours so that the sports centre and the padel courts meet demand from centre users of planning permission 5/2013/3128 dated 12/02/2024 for Replacement of the existing fire damaged Tennis Centre to provide six indoor training and practice courts, Judo facility, multi use and conditioning gyms, community facilities, refurbishment of existing squash courts building, improved cycle facilities, alterations to existing 'Garden wall', associated hard and soft landscaping including remarking of the existing external tennis courts to provide three full size and two mini tennis courts to meet with the Lawn Tennis Association requirements and roof mounted photovoltaic panels-part retrospective at Batchwood Sports Centre Batchwood Hall Batchwood Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5XA
- Received
- 1 September 2025
- Decision due
- 10 January 2026
- Ward
- Redbourn
- ReceivedReceived1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated4 Dec
- Consult.Consultation10 Jan
- TargetTarget Date10 Jan
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Batchwood Sports Centre Batchwood Hall Batchwood Drive St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 5XA. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Redbourn. We hold 2,256 applications in total for the AL3 postcode area.
86% of full 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
- AL3 5XA
- Application type
- (Large Scale Major) All Other Developments
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- St Michael
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 10 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 January 2026
- Application expires
- 3 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Decision
- PENDING
- Case officer
- George Kent
- Statutory period
- 89 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14174603
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: St Albans
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Oct
Prior Notification - Installation of an additional roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the…
PendingApplication26/1946/PASP - 20255 Mar
Variation of Condition 4 (operational hours) to amend the facilities operational hours of planning permission…
DC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2025/0369 - No date
Discharge of Condition 8 (construction management plan) of planning permission 5/2024/0942
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/0239
Source: St Albans
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