Planning application
31-33 Soothouse Spring St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Pf
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Discharge of Conditions 4 (written scheme of archaeological work) and 5 (publication and dissemination of findings) of planning permission 5/2025/0672 dated 05/12/2025 for Replacement of existing front office block with warehouse extension and new access
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0780
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/0780
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Discharge of Condition - Partial
- Received
- 17 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 15 May 2026
- Decided
- 8 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Bernards Heath
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL3 6PF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Apr 2026
Received by St Albans
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15 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Partial
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 8 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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