Land Rear Of 3 And 5 Approach Road St Albans Hertfordshire
Approved on 26 February 2026
Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)13 conditions
Proposal
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) and Condition 9 (roof tiles) to amend material of proposed roof finish of planning permission 5/2024/1985 dated 28/01/2025 for Construction of single four bedroom detached dwelling and associated landscaping at Land Rear Of 3 and 5 Approach Road St Albans Hertfordshire
- Submitted
- 2 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sopwell
- Agent
- Simon Knight Architects
- ReceivedSubmitted2 Oct
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 147 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Land Rear Of 3 And 5 Approach Road St Albans Hertfordshire. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Sopwell.
Application details
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Consultation expiry
- 23 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Simon Knight Architects
- Architect profile
- SIMON KNIGHT ARCHITECTS LTD
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.
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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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.
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Source: St Albans
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