Planning application
26 Barnfield Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Uu
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from business providing services to residential (retrospective)
As published by the council, reference 5/2025/2244
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2025/2244
- Type
- Change of Use
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 9 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm
- Parish
- Sandridge
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL4 9UU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Dec 2025
Received by St Albans
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12 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 March 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
16 documents on file for this application
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