197 Marshalswick Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4XA

5/2025/2203FullApproved

Approved on 26 January 2026

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Part garge conversion. Removal of rooflights to garage/store room. Changes to windows to the rear elevation. at 197 Marshalswick Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4XA

Submitted: 2 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Marshalswick West

ReceivedSubmitted2 Dec
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 197 Marshalswick Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4XA. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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: AL1 4XA
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry: 23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Sheldon Peever
Architect profile: SHELDON PEEVER STUDIO 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.

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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