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Abbey Gate House 4 Abbey Mill Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Hd

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2026/1548 Listed Buildings Applications

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

Proposal

Listed Building consent - Installation of solar panels to 2no areas of roof

As published by the council, reference 5/2026/1548

Application record

Reference
5/2026/1548
Type
Listed Buildings Applications
Status
Under Consultation
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Verulam
Postcode
AL3 4HD

Comment by 12 November 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to St Albans through their own planning portal.

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 5 applications since 2026: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 5/2026/0793 Granted

    Abbey Gate House 4 Abbey Mill Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Hd

    Discharge of Condition 3 (additional details) of Listed Building consent 5/2026/0183 dated 19/03/2026 for Listed building Consent - Installation of solar panels to 2no. areas of roof at Abbey Gate House

    Decided 22 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 5/2026/0605 Granted

    Abbey Gate House 4 Abbey Mill Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Hd

    Listed Building consent - Proposal to install 1no. electric vehicle charging point in the car parking area of Abbey Gate House

    Decided 8 Jun 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 5/2026/0183 Granted

    Abbey Gate House 4 Abbey Mill Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Hd

    Listed building Consent - Installation of solar panels to 2no. areas of roof at Abbey Gate House

    Decided 19 Mar 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • TP/2026/0044 Granted

    Abbey Gate House 4 Abbey Mill Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Hd

    Conservation Area Protected Trees - Tag number 9193 - Horse Chestnut - Impacting dwelling. Side reduce lower crown away from dwelling by 2.1m to suitable parent branches to provide 2m clearance from side elevation. Tag Number 51 - Plum - Multi-stemmed wit

    Decided 8 Apr 2026 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Aug 2026

    Received by St Albans

  2. 18 Aug 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 4 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 13 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

14 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 heritage and listed building applications in a median of 92 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

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