3 Victoria Square Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Tf

This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.

• 5/2026/0845 Granted

  3 Victoria Square Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Tf

  Discharge of Condition 1 (construction management plan) of planning permission 5/2025/0681 dated 22/05/2025 for Prior Approval - Change of use of the building from commercial (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to create 29 self-contained flats

  Decided 26 Jun 2026 Conditions
• 5/2026/0304 Refused

  3 Victoria Square Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Tf

  Discharge of Condition 1 (construction management plan) of planning permission 5/2025/0681 dated 22/05/2025 for Prior Approval - Change of use of the building from commercial (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to create 29 self-contained flats

  Decided 15 Apr 2026 Conditions

1. 14 Apr 2026

   Received by St Albans

2. 12 May 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 24 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 7 July 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.

This application is with St Albans for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St Albans's median decision took 76 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on St Albans's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

• 3 Victoria Square Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Tf

  5/2026/0304 Submitted 17 Feb 2026 50 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 1 (construction management plan) of planning permission 5/2025/0681 dated 22/05/2025 for Prior Approval - Change of use of the building from commercial (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to create 29 self-contained flats

  Refused Conditions New dwelling 5 docs

• The Platinum Centre 4 Victoria Square Victoria Street St Albans

  5/2017/2712 Submitted 25 Sep 2017 50 yards away

  Installation of new condensers within roof space and two apron hoods to roof for ventilation

  Granted 11 docs

• 3 Victoria Square Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Tf

  5/2026/0845 Submitted 29 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 1 (construction management plan) of planning permission 5/2025/0681 dated 22/05/2025 for Prior Approval - Change of use of the building from commercial (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to create 29 self-contained flats

  Granted Conditions New dwelling 5 docs

• 2 Grimston Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Ep

  5/2026/1759 Submitted 28 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  75% historically approved · decision due ~24 Nov

  Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Erection of a single-storey detached timber log cabin with a pent (mono-pitch) roof in the rear garden, for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse (domestic storage and hobby workshop). Footprint 9

  Awaiting decision Lawful development 5 docs
  Small domestic

• 1 Grimston Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Ep

  TP/2021/0071 Submitted 17 Feb 2021 50 yards away

  T1 - Rear garden right-hand side ornamental Malus - Prune & reduce height by 1.5 metre. T2 - Rear garden left-hand side Magnolia - remove as overshadowed by Acer

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• 3 Stanhope Road St Albans Al1 5Bd

  TP/2017/0509 Submitted 5 Oct 2017 100 yards away

  1 x Ash tree in rear garden of property - Fell.

  Granted Trees 2 docs