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Chalkdell Farm Coleman Green Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Er

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2025/2162 Change of Use

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Proposal

Proposed change of use and alterations to Chalkdell Farm to form a wedding and event venue with associated parking, new foul package treatment plant and landscaping together with the formation of a new site access to the B653 Marford Road and the retentio

As published by the council, reference 5/2025/2162

Application record

Reference
5/2025/2162
Type
Change of Use
Status
Under Consideration
Received
26 Nov 2025
Validated
12 Dec 2025
Ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
Parish
Wheathampstead
Postcode
AL4 8ER

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • 5/2016/3033 Refused

    Chalkdell Farm Coleman Green Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Er

    Prior approval - Change of use and conversion of agricultural barn to class C3 (dwelling) to create three dwelling houses and associated operational development

    Decided 19 Dec 2016 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Nov 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 12 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 6 February 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

62 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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Nearby applications

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  • Chalkdell Farm Coleman Green Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Er

    5/2016/3033 Submitted 5 Oct 2016 50 yards away

    Prior approval - Change of use and conversion of agricultural barn to class C3 (dwelling) to create three dwelling houses and associated operational development

    Refused Prior approval 16 docs
    Several homes
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    5/2016/2587 Submitted 17 Aug 2016 0.3 miles away

    Electricity Act 1989 Consultation-To remove a terminal transformer H pole and stays from the back yard of the John Bunyan Public House and replace with a new single electricity transformer terminal pole positioned 25 metres north to support the existing 1

    Granted 13 docs

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