Odyssey Cinema 166 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1PQ
Refused on 26 August 2026
Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Replace existing entrance doors and install new panelling, refurbish and install a new feature lightbox to the underside of the entrance canopy, and replace the existing external floor tiles to the front entrance at Odyssey Cinema 166 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1PQ
- Received
- 9 June 2026
- Ward
- St Peters
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated10 Jun
- Consult.Consultation17 Jul
- TargetTarget Date17 Jul
- DecidedDecided26 Aug
Decided in 77 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Odyssey Cinema 166 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1PQ. St Albans has handled 12,346 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 3,226 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- A Certificate of Lawfulness cannot be issued on the basis that it has not been demonstrated that the proposed works would not materially affect the external appearance of the building under Section 55 (2) (a) (ii) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Planning permission would therefore be required. Christine Traill Strategic Director – Community and Place Delivery Dated 26/08/2026 First Schedule (Development/Use) - Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Replace existing entrance doors and install new panelling, refurbish and install a new feature lightbox to the underside of the entrance canopy, and replace the existing external floor tiles to the front entrance Second Schedule (Location) - Odyssey Cinema 166 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- AL1 1PQ
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Louis de Soissons
- Architect profile
- LOUIS DE SOISSONS LIMITED
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Lucy Pedder
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Albans - London Road
- 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20229 Mar
Discharge of Conditions 3 (samples of materials), 4d (details of decorative grill) and 4e (details of rear…
Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2022/0638 - 20211 Nov
Discharge of Conditions 1 (time limit), 2 (approved plans), 3 (samples of materials), 4 (details of external…
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2021/3039 - 201730 Oct
Advertisement consent - Display of one internally illuminated lightbox sign
AC3 Advert - Conditional PermissionAdvertisement consent5/2017/3043
Source: St Albans
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