1 Knights Orchard Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dj

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 5/2025/0800 Granted

  1 Knights Orchard Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dj

  Installation of an air source heat pump

  Decided 26 Nov 2025 Householder

1. 20 Aug 2026

   Received by St Albans

2. 24 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 4 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 19 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.

This application is with St Albans for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St Albans decided householder applications in a median of 110 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 1 Knights Orchard Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dj

  5/2025/0800 Submitted 22 Apr 2025 50 yards away

  Installation of an air source heat pump

  Granted Householder 15 docs
  Domestic

• 73 Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dj

  TP/2026/0219 Submitted 8 May 2026 50 yards away

  T1-Ash-Fell to ground level as it has outgrown its position T2-Lilac-Fell to ground level as it has outgrown its position

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 55B Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dj

  5/2016/2604 Submitted 18 Aug 2016 50 yards away

  Discharge of Conditions 5 (refuse details) & 6 (soundproofing) of planning permission 5/2016/1148 dated 06/06/2016 for Change of use from single first floor flat into two, one bed flats

  Granted Conditions New dwelling 9 docs

• 60 Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dh

  5/2026/1659 Submitted 9 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~5 Nov

  Two storey rear and single storey side and rear extensions, removal of chimney, front facing rooflight and alteration to openings.

  Awaiting decision Householder Extension Loft or dormer 10 docs
  Small domestic

• Verulam House Nursing Home Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dh

  5/2017/3383 Submitted 29 Nov 2017 50 yards away

  Construction of three assisted living apartments within the grounds of existing nursing home

  Refused New dwelling 22 docs

• 56 Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dh

  5/2026/1044 Submitted 28 May 2026 50 yards away

  Replacement windows and doors

  Granted Windows or glazing 16 docs

• 5/2026/0517 Granted

  28 White Hedge Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Tt

  Proposed two-storey rear extension, loft conversion, and alterations to the existing front entrance porch

  Received 16 Mar, published by the council 31 Aug 2026 Householder
• 5/2026/1055 Granted

  39 Oakwood Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Ul

  Erection of a part single-storey, part two-storey wraparound extension, loft conversion including a rear dormer and rooflights, and construction of a front porch

  Received 1 Jun, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Householder
• 5/2026/1278 Granted

  39 Foxcroft St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Ss

  Proposed C3 residential extension including two storey front and single storey front and side with internal alterations

  Received 1 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Householder
• 5/2026/1170 Granted

  20 Nimrod Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Xy

  Extension of existing raised rear terrace with privacy screening and associated alterations to rear fenestration

  Received 17 Jun, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Householder
• 5/2026/1338 Granted

  16 Hunters Ride Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Lx

  Proposed front porch

  Received 11 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Householder