Planning application
Gorhambury House Gorhambury St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Ah
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Listed Building Consent - Installation of stand-by generator and fire-fighting water storage tank together with relocation of UKPN substation, landscape and surfacing alterations within the curtilage of Gorhambury House (part retention)
As published by the council, reference 5/2025/1664
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2025/1664
- Type
- Listed Buildings Applications
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 4 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 12 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Verulam
- Parish
- St Michael
- Postcode
- AL3 6AH
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 5 applications since 2017: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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5/2025/1640 Awaiting decision
Gorhambury House Gorhambury St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Ah
AMENDED DESCRIPTION & AMENDED INFORMATION - Installation of stand-by generator and fire-fighting water storage tank, relocation of UKPN substation, creation of a new fenced bin store yard and parking area with associated access road, landscaping and surfa
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5/2017/3334 Granted
Gorhambury House Gorhambury St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Ah
Discharge of Condition 3 (samples of materials-slate, stone, render) of Listed Building consent 5/2017/1676 dated 17/11/2017 for New roofing to mansion and wing roof to match the original design, installation of ventilation, insulation, walkways and acces
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5/2017/3335 Granted
Gorhambury House Gorhambury St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Ah
Discharge of Condition 4 (samples of materials-slate, stone, render) of planning permission 5/2017/1685 dated 17/11/2017 for New roofing to mansion and wing roof to match the original design, installation of ventilation, insulation, walkways and access ha
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5/2017/3336 Granted
Gorhambury House Gorhambury St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Ah
Discharge of Condition 3 (details of shutters) of Listed Building consent 5/2017/0891dated 23/06/17 for Internal alterations including strengthening of new and existing shutters
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2025
Received by St Albans
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12 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 January 2026, 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
26 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 heritage and listed building applications in a median of 92 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About heritage and listed building applications
Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.
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