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73 Sopwell Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1RN

5/2026/0959Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 September 2026

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission3 conditions

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

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) 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

Received
18 May 2026
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 107 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey rear extension at 73 Sopwell Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1RN. 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. 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.

Application details

Postcode
AL1 1RN

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2026
Consultation end
8 August 2026
Target decision date
8 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

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.

  • 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.

Source: St Albans

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