Planning application
Beaumont School Austen Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Xb
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/1410
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/1410
- Type
- MPI
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 23 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 24 Jul 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.
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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
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5/2026/1092 Awaiting decision
Beaumont School Austen Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Xb
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
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Jul 2026
Received by St Albans
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24 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 September 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
74 documents on file for this application
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This application is with St Albans for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St Albans's median decision took 76 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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