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Beaumont School Austen Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Xb

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2026/1092 Discharge of Condition

Works: Demolition

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Proposal

Discharge of conditions 8 (demolition and construction management plan), 9 (surface water drainage) and 10 (maintenance and management of sustainable drainage scheme) of planning permission 5/2025/2345 dated 27/04/2026 Demolition of 1no school building (B

As published by the council, reference 5/2026/1092

Application record

Reference
5/2026/1092
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Under Consideration
Received
5 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Ward
Hill End
Postcode
AL4 0XB

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 5/2026/1410 Awaiting decision

    Beaumont School Austen Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Xb

    Demolition of 4no school buildings (Buildings EEFA, EFAD, EFAE, EFAF) and erection of 1no part two, part three storey teaching block, installation of 1no sub-station, with associated landscaping (including hard and soft social spaces, external covered soc

    Submitted 23 Jul 2026
  • 5/2026/1325 Awaiting decision

    Beaumont School Austen Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Xb

    Discharge of condition 3 (samples of the materials) 12 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) and Bio Diversity Gain Condition of planning permission 5/2025/2345 dated 27/04/2026 for Demolition of 1no school building (Building EFAB) and erection 1no

    Submitted 8 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 5/2025/2345 Granted

    Beaumont School Austen Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Xb

    Demolition of 1no school building (Building EFAB) and erection 1no two-storey teaching block, 1no meter room building, with associated landscaping (including SEN Garden, hard and soft social spaces, external dining spaces and an outdoor gym), ground sourc

    Decided 27 Apr 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Jun 2026

    Received by St Albans

  2. 8 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 30 Jul 2026

    Status changed to Under Consideration

    Previously Under Consultation.

  5. 31 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Under Consultation

    Previously Under Consideration.

  6. 17 Sep 2026

    Status changed to Under Consideration

    Previously Under Consultation.

  7. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 3 August 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

31 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 70 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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  • Beaumont School Austen Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Xb

    5/2026/1410 Submitted 23 Jul 2026 50 yards away

    88% historically approved · decision due ~18 Sep

    Demolition of 4no school buildings (Buildings EEFA, EFAD, EFAE, EFAF) and erection of 1no part two, part three storey teaching block, installation of 1no sub-station, with associated landscaping (including hard and soft social spaces, external covered soc

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  • Beaumont School Austen Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Xb

    5/2025/2345 Submitted 23 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    Demolition of 1no school building (Building EFAB) and erection 1no two-storey teaching block, 1no meter room building, with associated landscaping (including SEN Garden, hard and soft social spaces, external dining spaces and an outdoor gym), ground sourc

    Granted Demolition 84 docs
  • Beaumont School Austen Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Xb

    5/2026/1325 Submitted 8 Jul 2026 50 yards away

    96% historically approved · decision due ~3 Sep

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