Planning application
53 & Land Rear Of 55-59 Station Road Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Hb
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Discharge of Conditions 5 (slab levels), 12 (hard and soft landscaping), 13 (soft landscaping) and 14 (biodiversity enhancements) of planning permission 5/2025/1711 dated 15/12/2025 for Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow minor changes to t
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0863
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/0863
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Discharge of Condition - Approved
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Validated
- 5 May 2026
- Decided
- 24 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Colney Heath
- Parish
- Colney Heath
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL4 0HB
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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5/2026/1493 Decided
53 & Land Rear Of 55-59 Station Road Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Hb
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) extend the road up to the site boundary line and relocate the proposed planting to alternative locations within the site boundary of planning permission 5/2025/1711 dated 15/12/2025 for Variation of Condition 2 (a
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 May 2026
Received by St Albans
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5 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Approved
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 24 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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