Planning application
5/2026/0845
3 Victoria Square Victoria Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Tf
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0845
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Apr 2026
Received by St Albans
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30 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Approved
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About conditions applications
How this application type works
This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.
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