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Proposed Rail Freight Public Open Space And Community Forest Sites North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire

Granted St Albans 5/2016/3003 Discharge of Condition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 21 (protected species) of outline planning permission 5/2009/0708, allowed at appeal dated 14/07/2014, for the development of Strategic Rail Freight Interchange comprising intermodal area, distribution buildings (Class B8 use) and o

As published by the council, reference 5/2016/3003

Application record

Reference
5/2016/3003
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Discharge of Condition - Approved
Received
3 Oct 2016
Validated
6 Oct 2016
Decided
27 Sep 2018
Ward
Park Street
Parish
St Stephen
Decision by
Delegated

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 9 applications since 2016: 9 approved, 0 refused.

  • 5/2025/2168 Granted

    Proposed Rail Freight Public Open Space And Community Forest Sites North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire

    Discharge of Conditions 12.8 (rail condition programme) and 13.3 (rail condition programme) of planning permission 5/2009/0708 allowed on appeal dated 14/07/2014 for Outline planning application (approval of means of access, siting and landscaping only) f

    Decided 7 Jan 2026 Conditions
  • 5/2020/2920 Granted

    Proposed Rail Freight Public Open Space And Community Forest Sites North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire

    Discharge of Conditions 12.8 (delivery of rail works report) and 13.3 (rail works written report) of planning permission 5/2009/0708 allowed on appeal dated 14/07/2014 for Outline planning application (approval of means of access, siting and landscaping o

    Decided 11 Jul 2021 Conditions
  • 5/2020/0509 Granted

    Proposed Rail Freight Public Open Space And Community Forest Sites North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire

    Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - The carrying out of operations comprising the digging of two trenches which contain the foundations to part of the Visitor Information Centre in compliance with the requirements of planning permission 5/2009/0708 dat

    Decided 5 Jul 2021 Lawful development
  • 5/2016/3013 Granted

    Proposed Rail Freight Public Open Space And Community Forest Sites North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire

    Discharge of Condition 24.1 (contamination) of outline planning permission 5/2009/0708, allowed at appeal dated 14/07/2014, for the development of Strategic Rail Freight Interchange comprising intermodal area, distribution buildings (Class B8 use) and oth

    Decided 8 Jul 2019 Conditions
  • 5/2016/3006 Granted

    Proposed Rail Freight Public Open Space And Community Forest Sites North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire

    Approval of Reserved Matters (Development) of outline planning permission 5/2009/0708 allowed at appeal dated 14/07/2014 for the development of Strategic Rail Freight Interchange comprising intermodal area, distribution buildings (Class B8 use) and other

    Decided 14 May 2018 Full applications
  • 5/2016/3005 Granted

    Proposed Rail Freight Public Open Space And Community Forest Sites North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire

    Discharge of Condition 28 (renewable energy) of outline planning permission 5/2009/0708, allowed at appeal dated 14/07/2014, for the development of Strategic Rail Freight Interchange comprising intermodal area, distribution buildings (Class B8 use) and ot

    Decided 27 Sep 2018 Conditions
  • 5/2016/3004 Granted

    Proposed Rail Freight Public Open Space And Community Forest Sites North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire

    Discharge of Condition 27 (refuse) of outline planning permission 5/2009/0708, allowed at appeal dated 14/07/2014, for the development of Strategic Rail Freight Interchange comprising intermodal area, distribution buildings (Class B8 use) and other relate

    Decided 14 Jun 2018 Conditions
  • 5/2016/2962 Granted

    Proposed Rail Freight Public Open Space And Community Forest Sites North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire

    Discharge of Condition 17 (drainage) of outline planning permission 5/2009/0708 allowed at appeal dated 14/07/2014 for the development of Strategic Rail Freight Interchange comprising intermodal area, distribution buildings (Class B8 use) and other relate

    Decided 14 Jun 2018 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Oct 2016

    Received by St Albans

  2. 6 Oct 2016

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Sep 2018

    Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Approved

  4. 15 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

12 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St Albans granted permission on 27 September 2018, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    Discharge of Conditions 4 (external materials) and 6 (development progress report) of planning permission 5/2021/3048 dated 09/04/2024 for Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two dwellings with off road car parking spaces and new cross ove

    Received 30 May, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 5/2026/1415 Granted

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    Discharge of Condition 10 (groundwater contamination) of planning permission 5/2024/1710 dated 03/07/2025 for Demolition of existing gym building and store and shed structures and construction of a training caf� building for young people with Special Educ

    Received 24 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Conditions
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    Discharge of Condition 5 (tree protection plan and arboricultural method statement) of planning permission 5/2025/0568 dated 06/02/2026 for Two storey front extension, single storey front and rear extensions with roof lights, solar panels to rear roof slo

    Received 12 Aug, published by the council 25 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 5/2026/1113 Granted

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    Discharge of Conditions 3 (repair methodology), 4 (larger scale detailed plans and drawings) and 7(Historic building recording Level 3 report) of planning permission 5/2024/1483 dated 14/03/2025 for Listed Building Consent - Change of use and conversion o

    Received 9 Jun, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 5/2026/1680 Awaiting decision

    143 - 145 Harper Lane Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire Wd7 9Hg

    Discharge of condition 3 (samples of the materials), 6 (hard and soft landscape), 7 ( Soft landscape), 12 (provision of cycle parking) and 13 Construction Management Statement) of planning permission 5/2023/2462 dated 13/11/2025 for Demolition of existi

    Received 14 Sep, published by the council 23 Sep 2026 Conditions