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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 5/2020/0509 Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)

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

Proposal

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

As published by the council, reference 5/2020/0509

Application record

Reference
5/2020/0509
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved
Received
27 Feb 2020
Validated
20 Apr 2021
Decided
5 Jul 2021
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
  • 5/2016/3013 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
  • 5/2016/3003 Granted

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

    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

    Decided 27 Sep 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. 27 Feb 2020

    Received by St Albans

  2. 20 Apr 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved

  4. 31 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

21 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St Albans granted permission on 5 July 2021, 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 lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

In St Albans

  • 5/2026/1638 Granted

    1 Castle Rise Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hx

    Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposed loft hip to gable with rear dormer, internal alterations and all associated works at 1 Castle Rise, AL4 8HX

    Received 7 Sep, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Lawful development
  • 5/2026/1622 Granted

    9 Necton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8At

    Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Dormer to rear elevation to existing bedroom. new window to rear

    Received 2 Sep, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Lawful development
  • 5/2026/1561 Granted

    125 New House Park St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Uh

    Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - The retrospective development comprises minor external alterations to the rear elevation of the dwellinghouse at 125 New House Park. The applicant seeks a Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) under Section 191 of the

    Received 21 Aug, published by the council 31 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • 5/2026/1772 Awaiting decision

    14 Ashley Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Da

    Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Loft Conversion, Hip to gable, Rear dormer

    Received 29 Sep, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • 5/2026/1759 Awaiting decision

    2 Grimston Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Ep

    Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Erection of a single-storey detached timber log cabin with a pent (mono-pitch) roof in the rear garden, for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse (domestic storage and hobby workshop). Footprint 9

    Received 28 Sep, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Lawful development