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Oddstones House Thompsons Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Es

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2026/0915 Change of Use

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Change of use to Class C3 (residential) from Class to B1 (offices)

As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0915

Application record

Reference
5/2026/0915
Type
Change of Use
Status
Under Consideration
Received
8 May 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Ward
Harpenden West
Parish
Harpenden Town
Postcode
AL5 4ES

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 May 2026

    Received by St Albans

  2. 11 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 6 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.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

11 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with St Albans for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St Albans decided full applications in a median of 295 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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