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Ziggurat House 25 Grosvenor Road St Albans Hertfordshire

5/2026/0072Approved

Approved on 14 July 2026

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission4 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed cladding remediation works comprising the removal of existing external wall cladding materials and their replacement with a compliant external façade system, together with associated insulation, fire-stopping, and ancillary works. No change to the building's use or overall appearance is proposed, replacement to be like-for-like at Ziggurat House 25 Grosvenor Road St Albans Hertfordshire

Submitted
15 January 2026
Ward
St Peters
Agent
Four Architects
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 180 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Ziggurat House 25 Grosvenor Road St Albans Hertfordshire. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 18 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters.

Application details

Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry
14 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Four Architects
Architect profile
FOUR ARCHITECTS LIMITED

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 - 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.

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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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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