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Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans

5/2026/0498ConditionsAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 22 (Acoustic Report) of planning permission 5/2024/0142 dated 21/01/2025 for Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow adjustments to the layout and roof profile of the central Assisted Living building and changes to the fenestration and detailing of both the Assisted Living building as well as some of the care bungalows and alterations to the site access of planning permission 5/2023/0811 dated 28/07/2023 for Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow alterations to the roof profile of the central part of the Assisted Living building, and alterations to the layout, fenestration and detailing of the Assisted Living building and some of the care bungalows for 5/2020/3022 allowed on appeal dated 31/01/2022 for Demolition of all existing buildings, structures and hardstanding and redevelopment of the site to provide a new retirement community comprising 80 assisted living apartments with community facilities and 44 bungalows together with associated access, bridleway extension, landscaping, amenity space, car parking and associated and ancillary works at Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road St Albans Chiswell Green Hertfordshire

Received
13 March 2026
Decision due
13 April 2026
Ward
Park Street
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.13 Apr
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans. St Albans has handled 688 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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 82 applications across Park Street.

90% of conditions 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

Application type
Conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Stephen

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
13 April 2026
Consultation end
13 April 2026
Decision issued
21 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
DPV Consult
Architect profile
DPV CONSULT LIMITED

Planning decision

Decision
Discharge of Condition - Partial
Case officer
Sarah Smith

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.

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  10. No date

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