The Wheel Specialist 3 Beech Industrial Centre Porters Wood St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Pq

1. 1 Sep 2026

   Received by St Albans

2. 2 Oct 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 11 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 27 November 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 lawful development applications in a median of 71 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Unit 8 Gavel Centre Porters Wood St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Pq

  5/2024/1892 Submitted 1 Nov 2024 50 yards away

  Change of use from the existing B8 to Sui Generis (retrospective)

  Granted Full applications 61 docs

• Porters House Porters Wood St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Pq

  5/2016/1923 Submitted 21 Jun 2016 50 yards away

  Prior approval - change of use from class B1 (office) to C3 (residential) to create 21 flats

  Withdrawn New dwelling 13 docs
  Major scheme

• 31-33 Soothouse Spring St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Pf

  5/2026/0780 Submitted 17 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  Discharge of Conditions 4 (written scheme of archaeological work) and 5 (publication and dissemination of findings) of planning permission 5/2025/0672 dated 05/12/2025 for Replacement of existing front office block with warehouse extension and new access

  Granted Conditions Extension 6 docs

• Stanta Business Centre 3 Soothouse Spring St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Pf

  5/2026/0602 Submitted 25 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - The erection of Solar Panels on the roof of the existing building

  Granted Lawful development

• Woodland Court Soothouse Spring St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Nr

  5/2017/3086 Submitted 2 Nov 2017 50 yards away

  Hip to gable roof extension to all sides to create eight, one bedroom flats and two, two bedroom flats and insertion of new openings including juliet balconies to front and rear

  Granted Full applications New dwelling Extension +1 31 docs
  Major scheme

• 16 Potters Field St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Lj

  5/2017/2950 Submitted 17 Oct 2017 200 yards away

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension with pitched roof containing two roof lights

  Granted Lawful development Extension Loft or dormer 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 5/2026/1638 Granted

  1 Castle Rise Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Hx

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposed loft hip to gable with rear dormer, internal alterations and all associated works at 1 Castle Rise, AL4 8HX

  Received 7 Sep, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 5/2026/1622 Granted

  9 Necton Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8At

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Dormer to rear elevation to existing bedroom. new window to rear

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 5/2026/1561 Granted

  125 New House Park St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Uh

  Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - The retrospective development comprises minor external alterations to the rear elevation of the dwellinghouse at 125 New House Park. The applicant seeks a Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) under Section 191 of the

  Received 21 Aug, published by the council 31 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 5/2026/1772 Awaiting decision

  14 Ashley Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Da

  Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Loft Conversion, Hip to gable, Rear dormer

  Received 29 Sep, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 5/2026/1759 Awaiting decision

  2 Grimston Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Ep

  Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Erection of a single-storey detached timber log cabin with a pent (mono-pitch) roof in the rear garden, for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse (domestic storage and hobby workshop). Footprint 9

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Lawful development