Planning application
Land Rear Of 3 & 5 & Accessed Via Orient Close Approach Road St Albans Hertfordshire
Works: New dwelling Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Variation of Condition 7 (hard and soft landscaping) to amend the boundary treatments to a closed boarded fence of planning permission 5/2024/1985 dated 28/01/2025 for Construction of single four bedroom detached dwelling and associated landscaping
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/1420
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/1420
- Type
- (Minor) Dwellings
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 24 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 27 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sopwell
Comment by 13 November 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to St Albans through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
24 Jul 2026
Received by St Albans
-
27 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
10 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 October 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
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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's median decision took 76 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on St Albans's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.