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Highfield Farm Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Rl

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2026/0435 Change of Use

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

Proposal

Full planning application to change use from redundant agricultural building to a commercial use (indoor padel - Class E(d)) and associated retrospective operational development for the cladding and concrete sides together with concrete floor of the origi

As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0435

Application record

Reference
5/2026/0435
Type
Change of Use
Status
Under Consideration
Received
6 Mar 2026
Validated
2 Apr 2026
Ward
Colney Heath
Parish
Colney Heath
Postcode
AL4 0RL

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

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

  • 5/2026/0549 Refused

    Highfield Farm Highfield Lane Tyttenhanger St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Rl

    Prior approval - Change of use of 5 agricultural buildings into 7 residential dwellings (Class C3 Use) along with the creation of amenity space and parking

    Decided 13 May 2026 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Mar 2026

    Received by St Albans

  2. 2 Apr 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 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

34 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 full applications in a median of 295 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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