Planning application
Land Rear Of 235 & 237 Sandpit Lane St Albans Hertfordshire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to amend the design of dwellings of planning permission 5/2025/0018 dated 15/09/2025 for Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to change the design of approved dwellings of planning permission 5/2024/1691 date
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0116
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/0116
- Type
- (Minor) Dwellings
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 22 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm
- Parish
- Sandridge
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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5/2026/0162 Granted
Land Rear Of 235 & 237 Sandpit Lane St Albans Hertfordshire
Discharge of Conditions 3 (construction management plan), 8 (details of hard and soft landscaping), 11 (existing ground levels) and 13 (refuse collection area) of planning permission 5/2025/2019 dated 13/01/2026 for Variation of Condition 2 (approved pl
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jan 2026
Received by St Albans
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23 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 20 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
14 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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's median decision took 76 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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