Planning application
Suite 2 Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Works: New dwelling
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Non Material Amendment - Amendment to internal layout plans of planning permission 5/2025/0412 dated 30/04/2025 for Prior Approval - Change of use of existing commercial floor space (Use Class E) to 52 residential apartments (Use Class C3)
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0616
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/0616
- Type
- Non Materials Amendment
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Non Material Amendment Refuse
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 21 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 21 May 2026
- Ward
- Sopwell
- Postcode
- AL1 2QU
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 1 refused.
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5/2026/1025 Granted
Suite 2 Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Non Material Amendment - Amendemet internal layout plans prior approval application 5/2025/0412 dated 30/04/2025 for Prior Approval - Change of use of existing commercial floor space (Use Class E) to 52 residential apartments (Use Class C3)
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5/2026/1000 Granted
Suite 2 Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Discharge of Condition 2 (Travel Plan Statement) of planning permission 5/2025/1213 dated 13/08/2025 for Prior Appoval - Change of use of part of the existing undercroft to 11 residential apartments (Use Class C3)
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5/2025/2178 Granted
Suite 2 Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Discharge of Conditions 3 (samples of materials) and 4 (construction management plan) of planning permission 5/2025/1532 dated 19/11/2025 for Proposed external alterations to existing building fa�ade including replacement windows, blanking infill panels,
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Mar 2026
Received by St Albans
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21 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 May 2026
Decision issued: Non Material Amendment Refuse
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
St Albans refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
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Suite 2 Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Discharge of Conditions 3 (samples of materials) and 4 (construction management plan) of planning permission 5/2025/1532 dated 19/11/2025 for Proposed external alterations to existing building fa�ade including replacement windows, blanking infill panels,
Granted Conditions Extension Windows or glazing 15 docs -
Sainsburys Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Pruning works to various trees including fell to Silver birch, Rowan , Ash, Norway maple, Sycamore - see application for further details.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
Suite 2 Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Non Material Amendment - Amendemet internal layout plans prior approval application 5/2025/0412 dated 30/04/2025 for Prior Approval - Change of use of existing commercial floor space (Use Class E) to 52 residential apartments (Use Class C3)
Granted Amendments New dwelling 18 docs -
Sainsburys Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
T2 Sycamore - Team is to remove tree to ground level in order to eliviate risk of tresspassers. There has been many security issues with this Sycamore, people climbing it and getting onto the roof of the building, although it has been heavily reduced befo
Decided Trees 2 docs -
Suite 2 Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Discharge of Condition 2 (Travel Plan Statement) of planning permission 5/2025/1213 dated 13/08/2025 for Prior Appoval - Change of use of part of the existing undercroft to 11 residential apartments (Use Class C3)
Granted Conditions New dwelling 5 docs -
J Sainsbury Plc Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - Works to car park for the implementation of planning permission 5/2009/2385
Granted Lawful development 8 docs
Other amendment applications
In St Albans
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5/2026/1609 Decided
36 Battlefield Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 4Dd
Non Material Amendment - Removal of a chimney stack and a first floor side window, an additional rooflight has been added to the front elevation and the original rooflight positions and arrangement have been altered slightly of planning permission 5/2025/
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5/2026/1577 Decided
2 Laburnum Grove Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3Hq
Non Material Amendment - Change external material of ground floor rear extension to facing brickwork, change external material at first floor flank wall to render, change ground floor external material to brickwork to side elevations and first floor exist
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5/2026/1534 Decided
Redbourn Recreation Centre Dunstable Road Redbourn Hertfordshire Al3 7Pp
Non Material Amendment - To vary some of the conditions to allow for a phased development of the site of planning permission 5/2024/0245 dated 19/01/2026 for First floor extension and creation of roof terrace, construction of new linked sports hall buildi
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5/2026/1317 Refused
2 Laburnum Grove Chiswell Green St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3Hq
Non Material Amendment to change of external material of ground floor rear extension to facing brickwork, change of external material at first floor flank wall to render and change the window to bedroom 3 to be one central larger window instead of two sma
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5/2026/1025 Granted
Suite 2 Abbey View Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu
Non Material Amendment - Amendemet internal layout plans prior approval application 5/2025/0412 dated 30/04/2025 for Prior Approval - Change of use of existing commercial floor space (Use Class E) to 52 residential apartments (Use Class C3)