Planning application
1 Hillside Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Qr
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.
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Feb 2026
Received by St Albans
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30 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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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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 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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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
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