Planning application
Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Discharge of Condition 18 (Public Access Strategy) of planning permission 5/2024/0142 dated 21/01/2025 for Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow adjustments to the layout and roof profile of the central Assisted Living building and changes to
As published by the council, reference 5/2025/2184
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2025/2184
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Discharge of Condition - Approved
- Received
- 1 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 2 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 23 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Park Street
- Parish
- St Stephen
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 7 applications since 2025: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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5/2026/1335 Decided
Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire
Discharge of Conditions 23 (commercial kitchens) of planning permission 5/2026/0219 dated 17/06/2026 for Variation of Conditions 10 (access and drainage) and 11 (access arrangements) to allow initial occupation of the development prior to completion of the off-site S278 access and drainage works of planning permission 5/2024/0142 dated 21/01/2025 for Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow adjustments to the layout and roof profile of the central Assisted Living building and changes to the fenestration and detailing of both the Assisted Living building as well as some of the care bungalows and alterations to the site access of planning permission 5/2023/0811 dated 28/07/2023 for Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow alterations to the roof profile of the central part of the Assisted Living building, and alterations to the layout, fenestration and detailing of the Assisted Living building and some of the care bungalows for 5/2020/3022 allowed on appeal dated 31/01/2022 for Demolition of all existing buildings, structures and hardstanding and redevelopment of the site to provide a new retirement community comprising 80 assisted living apartments with community facilities and 44 bungalows together with associated access, bridleway extension, landscaping, amenity space, car parking and associated and ancillary works
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5/2026/1209 Granted
Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire
Non-Material Amendment - To facilitate the inclusion of a phasing plan within the list of approved drawings and documents as attached to Condition 1 of planning permission 5/2026/0219 dated 17/06/2026 for Demolition of all existing buildings, structures a
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5/2026/1076 Decided
Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire
Discharge of Conditions 22 (noise levels) and 23 (acoustic report) of planning permission 5/2024/0142 dated 21/01/2025 for Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow adjustments to the layout and roof profile of the central Assisted Living buildin
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5/2026/0829 Granted
Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire
Discharge of Conditions 15 (storage of refuse), 16 (parking of cycles) and 18 (electric vehicle charging points) of planning permission 5/2026/0219, dated 17/06/2026 for Variation of Conditions 10 (access and drainage) and 11 (access arrangements) to allo
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5/2026/0692 Granted
Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire
Non Material Amendment -The application proposes a non-material amendment to facilitate the inclusion of a phasing plan within the list of approved drawings and documents as attached to Condition 2 of planning permission 5/2024/0142 dated 21/01/2025 for V
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5/2025/1365 Decided
Land To Rear Of Burston Garden Centre North Orbital Road Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire
Discharge of Condition 10 (works within the public highway) of planning permission 5/2026/0219 dated 17/06/2026 for Demolition of all existing buildings, structures and hardstanding and redevelopment of the site to provide a new retirement community compr
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Dec 2025
Received by St Albans
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2 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Approved
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25 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 23 January 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 condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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