163 Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4DW

5/2026/0025HeritageApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 12 June 2026

Council decision: DC10 Listed Building Conditional Consent6 conditions

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

Proposal

AMENDED PLANS - Listed Building consent - Removal of modern stud wall to make the property more accessible to the disabled person - construction of a wheelchair ramp from external ground level to internal floor level; replacing the utility room window with a new side door; increasing the size of the ground floor WC to facilitate wheelchair access and moving the entry door to the hall; increasing the width of two internal doorways to provide access to the new side door at 163 Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4DW

Submitted: 6 January 2026
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Verulam

ReceivedSubmitted6 Jan
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided12 Jun

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 163 Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4DW. St Albans has handled 375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 14 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Verulam. We hold 2,256 applications in total for the AL3 postcode area.

91% of heritage 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 4DW
Application type: Heritage
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry: 28 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: St Albans - Verulam Road
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.

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.

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DC3 Conditional PermissionApplicationFiled alongside5/2026/0024
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AMENDED PLANS - Listed Building consent - Removal of modern stud wall to make the property more accessible to…
This applicationDC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentListed building consent5/2026/0025

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: St Albans

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