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5 Spencer Street & Rear Boundaries Of 25-37 Market Place St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Eh

Decided St Albans 5/2025/1756 Smale Scale Major - Dwellings

Works: New dwelling Demolition Major scheme

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Proposal

Additional & Amended Information - Demolition of the existing vacant commercial building (use class E) and the redevelopment of the site to provide a residential development (use class C3) comprising 47 apartments as well as cycle parking, refuse storage

As published by the council, reference 5/2025/1756

Application record

Reference
5/2025/1756
Type
Smale Scale Major - Dwellings
Status
Under Consultation
Decision
PENDING
Received
24 Sep 2025
Validated
17 Oct 2025
Ward
St Peters
Postcode
AL3 5EH

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • 5/2025/1757 Decided

    5 Spencer Street & Rear Boundaries Of 25-37 Market Place St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Eh

    Additional & Amended Information - Listed Building Consent - Demolition of the existing vacant commercial building (use class E) and the redevelopment of the site to provide a residential development (use class C3) comprising 47 apartments as well as cycl

    Submitted 24 Sep 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Sep 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 17 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

195 documents on file for this application

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