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Gorhambury House Gorhambury St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Ah

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2025/1664 Listed Buildings Applications

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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.

  • 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

    Submitted 4 Sep 2025
  • 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

    Decided 17 Jan 2018 Conditions
  • 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

    Decided 17 Jan 2018 Conditions
  • 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

    Decided 12 Jan 2018 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Sep 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 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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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 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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