Planning application
9 The Uplands Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Uw
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective change of use of dwellinghouse, Use Class C3, to residential care home, Use Class C2
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/1106
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/1106
- Type
- Change of Use
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 28 May 2026
- Validated
- 29 May 2026
- Ward
- St Stephen
- Parish
- St Stephen
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL2 3UW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 May 2026
Received by St Albans
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29 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 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
15 documents on file for this application
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