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26 Barnfield Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Uu

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2025/2244 Change of Use

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

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 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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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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