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1 Hillside Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Qr

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2026/0305 Householder

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

To build a timber clad garden room with pitched roof and integral outdoor seating area. The garden room will be used as a gym with a kitchenette and storage. Installation of air conditioning unit

As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0305

Application record

Reference
5/2026/0305
Type
Householder
Status
Under Consideration
Received
17 Feb 2026
Validated
30 Mar 2026
Ward
Bernards Heath
Parish
Central St Albans
Postcode
AL1 3QR

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • TP/2026/0213 Granted

    1 Hillside Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Qr

    G1 - Conifers fell to ground level. The client is looking to landscape the garden and as part of this project it???s proposed that these conifers are removed in place of a new planting scheme. These are ivy clad conifers looking unsightly and in poor cond

    Decided 29 Jun 2026 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Feb 2026

    Received by St Albans

  2. 30 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 25 May 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

18 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 householder applications in a median of 110 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About householder applications

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    TP/2026/0213 Submitted 6 May 2026 50 yards away

    G1 - Conifers fell to ground level. The client is looking to landscape the garden and as part of this project it???s proposed that these conifers are removed in place of a new planting scheme. These are ivy clad conifers looking unsightly and in poor cond

    Granted Trees 4 docs
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    5/2025/0631 Submitted 31 Mar 2025 50 yards away

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    TP/2017/0480 Submitted 13 Sep 2017 50 yards away

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    Granted Trees 2 docs
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    TP/2016/0552 Submitted 29 Nov 2016 100 yards away

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