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26 Homewood Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4BQ

5/2026/0767Approved

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission8 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing five bedroom house and construction of replacement five bedroom house over three floors including driveway alterations and air source heat pump at 26 Homewood Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4BQ

Received
13 April 2026
Ward
Marshalswick West
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.15 Jun
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 107 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 26 Homewood Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4BQ. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marshalswick West. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL1 4BQ
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2026
Consultation end
15 June 2026
Target decision date
15 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Howard Pease
Architect profile
HOWARD PEASE ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Ella Farrell

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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