Highfield Farm Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0RL

5/2026/0435Awaiting decision

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

Proposal

Full planning application to change use from redundant agricultural building to a commercial use (indoor padel - Class E(d)) and associated retrospective operational development for the cladding and concrete sides together with concrete floor of the original building erected in 2014 at Highfield Farm Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0RL

Received: 10 April 2026
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Colney Heath
Agent: Diversifarm Ltd

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About this application

This is a planning application at Highfield Farm Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 0RL. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Colney Heath. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: AL4 0RL

Planning application dates

Validated: 10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Diversifarm Ltd
Architect profile: DIVERSIFARM LTD

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: St Albans

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