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73 Sopwell Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1RN

5/2026/0677AmendmentWithdrawn
Discharge / amendments

Withdrawn on 7 May 2026

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

Proposal

Non Material Amendment - To amend the fixed frameless frosted glazing on the small shower extension at the ground floor rear elevation to composite cladding fixed to marine plywood of planning permission 5/2024/1748 dated 29/01/2025 for Single storey rear extension, replacement and insertion of new rooflights, alterations to openings, new fenestration and the construction of rear garden outbuilding at 73 Sopwell Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1RN

Submitted
31 March 2026
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 73 Sopwell Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1RN. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 37 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

55% of amendment 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 1RN
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry
15 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
J Martin

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 - Holywell Hill / Sopwell Lane
  • Listed building: Grade II: 79, Sopwell LaneOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Sopwell Lane and Albert Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 May

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 5/2024/1748

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)5/2026/0959
  2. 2026
    31 Mar

    Non Material Amendment - To amend the fixed frameless frosted glazing on the small shower extension at the…

    This applicationWithdrawnNon-material amendment5/2026/0677
  3. No date

    Single storey rear extension, replacement and insertion of new rooflights, alterations to openings, new…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionApplicationPart of5/2024/1748

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