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53 Alexander Road London Colney Hertfordshire Al2 1Hs

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2025/0030 Change of Use

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Change of use from single occupation to multiple occupation (retrospective)

As published by the council, reference 5/2025/0030

Application record

Reference
5/2025/0030
Type
Change of Use
Status
Under Consideration
Received
8 Jan 2025
Validated
7 Feb 2025
Ward
London Colney
Parish
London Colney
Postcode
AL2 1HS

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 7 Feb 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 4 April 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    St Albans took a median of 76 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

20 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with St Albans for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St Albans decided full applications in a median of 295 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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