Planning application
Rainbow House Nursery Meads Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Bw
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
AMENDED DESCRIPTION & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - Erection of single storey building for nursery use, provision of bicycle store and buggy store, installation of new pedestrian gate
As published by the council, reference 5/2025/2096
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2025/2096
- Type
- (Minor) All Other Developments
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: DC3 Conditional Permission
- Received
- 14 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 26 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 14 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sandridge & Wheathampstead
- Parish
- Wheathampstead
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL4 8BW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Nov 2025
Received by St Albans
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26 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Aug 2026
Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission
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27 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
42 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 14 August 2026, 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 this record
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