Planning application
40-42 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Ng
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Demolition of existing building and construction of replacement building consisting of two ground floor Class A1(retail) units, two first floor Class B1(office) units and second floor storage
As published by the council, reference 5/2016/1849
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2016/1849
- Type
- Small Scale Major - Offices R&D Light Industry
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: DC4 Refusal
- Received
- 12 Jun 2016
- Validated
- 15 Jun 2016
- Decided
- 12 Sep 2016
- Ward
- St Peters
- Parish
- Central St Albans
- Postcode
- AL1 1NG
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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5/2016/3852 Granted
40-42 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Ng
Demolition of existing building and construction of replacement building consisting of two ground floor Class A1 (retail) units, two first floor Class B1 (office) units and second floor storage (resubmission following refusal of 5/2016/1849)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jun 2016
Received by St Albans
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15 Jun 2016
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Sep 2016
Decision issued: DC4 Refusal
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21 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
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