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Planning appeals in St Albans City Council

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in St Albans City Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 881 planning appeals in St Albans City Council since 2016, of which 33% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 77 decisions, 34% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 22 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

893

appeals on record since 2016

33%

of decided appeals allowed

22 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 34% allowed

By appeal type

Householder348 decided

41% allowed

Minor403 decided

26% allowed

Major43 decided

44% allowed

Commercial7 decided

43% allowed

Enforcement17 decided

29% allowed

Other66 decided

27% allowed

Not classified9 decided

33% allowed

By procedure

Written representations857 decided

32% allowed

Hearings26 decided

46% allowed

Inquiries10 decided

60% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 69 · 34% allowed 2025 · 91 · 35% allowed 2024 · 72 · 29% allowed 2023 · 67 · 42% allowed 2022 · 82 · 26% allowed 2021 · 75 · 34% allowed 2020 · 65 · 22% allowed 2019 · 77 · 23% allowed 2018 · 85 · 44% allowed 2017 · 110 · 31% allowed 2016 · 100 · 41% allowed

Latest decisions in St Albans City Council

Dismissed25 September 2026· minor6009808
58 And 60 Waverley Road St, St Albans, St Albans, AL3 5PE
redevelopment of site to provide four new dwellinghouses (2 x 3 bed, 2 x 2 bed) with associated landscaping and parking (revised)
Dismissed22 September 2026· householder6013802
33 Oakfield Road, Harpenden, AL52NP
New electrically operated gates with brickwork piers and intermediate railings to site frontage
Invalid17 September 2026· minor6008247
18 Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QS
Erection of one 1-bedroom detached dwelling house
Planning permission granted15 September 20263311314
Land at Former Butterfly World, Miriam Lane, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 3NY
Notice upheld15 September 20263311308
Land at Former Butterfly World, Miriam Lane, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 3NY
Dismissed9 September 2026· householder6007464
20 Park Hill, Harpenden, AL5 3AT
Energy efficiency improvements to the existing house; demolition of existing garage and conservatory; erection of a two-storey side extension and a one-storey outbuilding in the rear garden
Allowed8 September 2026· householder6010603
17 Lyndon Mead, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9EX
Double storey side extension to replace existing single storey side extension, small rear infill extension, reconfiguration of ground and first floor to provide better layout
Allowed1 September 2026· minor6008441
44a Sauncey Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 4QL
Demolition of existing 3 bedroom dwelling, garage and conservatory and construction of new 4 bedroom dwelling with parking, landscaping alterations and re-grading of the rear garden with garden outbuilding
Dismissed28 August 2026· householder6011520
Greensleeves, School Lane, Bricket Wood, AL2 3XS
Demolition of rear covered verandah, full-width single-storey rear extension, garage conversion, modest front extensions, alterations to roof including Dutch gables and rear dormers, and improvements to existing in-out driveway
Dismissed17 August 2026· minor6007154
7 Betjeman Close, Harpenden, AL5 4XH
Demolition of the existing dwelling and construction of enlarged replacement dwelling
Allowed10 August 2026· householder6009332
6, Mercers Row, St Albans, AL1 2QS
installation of rear dormer to facilitate use of loft space as an additional bedroom
Allowed10 August 20266009327
22 Bernard Street, St Albans, AL3 5QN
a double and single storey rear extension
Dismissed10 August 2026· householder6009072
63 Batchwood Drive, St Albans, AL3 5UF
a single storey ground floor front extension, single storey first floor addition and a rear ground floor extension
Allowed6 August 2026· householder6011368
12 Westfield Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 4HN
demolition of existing garage and construction of replacement garage with roof dormers and single-storey side extension along with internal alterations
Allowed6 August 2026· householder6010412
38 Park Street Lane, Park Street, St Albans, AL2 2JB
the demolition of existing conservatory and erection of rear extension, partial 2-storey, new roof, attic to become habitable space, addition of covered porch to front and internal alterations

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.