Planning application
St Helens Church High Street Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Aa
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
A new north extension accommodating two WCs, one of which will be fully accessible. New stepped and ramped access to the west doors, together with new external west doors, retaining the existing historic doors in situ
As published by the council, reference 5/2025/2253
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2025/2253
- Type
- (Minor) All Other Developments
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- DC3 Conditional Permission
- Received
- 10 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 24 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 21 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Sandridge & Wheathampstead
- Parish
- Wheathampstead
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL4 8AA
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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5/2016/3034 Granted
St Helens Church High Street Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Aa
Discharge of Conditions 3 (samples of materials) and 6 (landscape design proposals) of planning permission 5/2016/1588 dated 16/09/2016 for Resurfacing of tarmac drive and footpath (amended description)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Dec 2025
Received by St Albans
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24 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission
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13 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
50 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 21 July 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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