235 Sandpit Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Bu

1. 5 Feb 2026

   Received by St Albans

2. 6 Feb 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 31 Mar 2026

   Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Refused

4. 31 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.

More on conditions applications in our guide

• 235 Sandpit Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Bu

  5/2026/1011 Submitted 21 May 2026 0m away

  Discharge of Conditions 8 (details of hard and soft landscaping) and 13 (refuse collection area) of planning permission 5/2025/2019 dated 13/01/2026 for Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to introduce revised designs of approved dwellings to plann

  Decided Conditions 8 docs

• 6 Southfield Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Jj

  5/2026/0618 Submitted 26 Mar 2026 101m away

  Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Part change of use of garage to habitable accommodation

  Granted Lawful development 14 docs

• 10 Southfield Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Jj

  5/2026/0822 Submitted 27 Apr 2026 101m away

  Single storey front and rear extensions with roof lights, pitched roof over existing garage and internal alterations

  Decided Householder Extension Loft or dormer
  Small domestic

• 18 Southfield Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Jj

  5/2021/1294 Submitted 3 May 2021 101m away

  Single storey front and rear extensions with rooflights following demolition of existing conservatory and alterations to openings

  Decided Householder Extension Loft or dormer +1 12 docs
  Small domestic

• 7 Ardens Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Uw

  5/2026/0318 Submitted 19 Feb 2026 127m away

  Demolition of existing side canopy, detached garage, rear patio and garden shed and the construction of two storey front, side and rear extensions, together with part single storey rear extension and a front porch canopy and extension to driveway

  Refused Householder Extension Demolition 18 docs
  Small domestic

• 9 Ardens Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Uw

  5/2017/2562 Submitted 7 Sep 2017 127m away

  Two storey rear and side extension, garage conversion and alterations to openings

  Decided Householder Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 5/2026/1371 Granted

  12 Cottonmill Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Hn

  Discharge of Conditions 4 (Archaeological report) and 6(Construction Method Statement) of planning permission 5/2025/1476 dated 28/10/2025 for Single storey side and front extension, part single, part two storey rear extension with roof light and alterat

  17 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 5/2026/1262 Granted

  7 Hammondswick Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Nr

  Discharge of Conditions 3 (materials), 4(slab levels) 6 (details of replacement tree planting) and 7 (hard and soft landscape) of planning permission 5/2023/1490 dated 08/01/2024 for Two detached dwellings with habitable roofspace and integral garages

  30 Jun 2026 Conditions
• 5/2026/0941 Granted

  54 - 56 Roundwood Park Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Af

  Discharge of Conditions 4 (materials), 5 (boundary treatment), 7 (levels), 8 (hard and soft landscaping), 12 (arboriculture method statement), 15 (biodiversity enhancement plan), 16 (landscape ecological management and monitoring plan), 19 (construction m

  13 May 2026 Conditions
• 5/2026/1540 Decided

  156 Fishpool Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Rz

  Discharge of Condition 3 (details of fixing methodology, including extent of fabric removal) of Listed Building consent 5/2026/0371 dated 15/05/2026 for Listed Building consent - Removal of existing upvc roof window and installation of 5 conservation roof

  14 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 5/2025/0495 Granted

  16 Chiltern Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Te

  Discharge of Condition (biodiversity gain condition) of planning permission 5/2024/1853 dated 12/03/2025 for Construction of an attached dwelling

  17 Mar 2025 Conditions