East of England

St Albans planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

30.0%

283rd of 297

32.7 points slower than England

Granted

87.3%

232nd of 297

3.2 points lower than England

Extension of time

64.5%

286th of 297

32.2 points higher than England

Decisions (12 months)

980

St Albans decided 980 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 87.3%.

30.0% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (283rd of 297 for speed).

A further 64.5% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is down from 37.8% a year earlier.

Of 39 householder appeals decided in the same period, 30.8% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

St Albans against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q1	89.0%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	91.3%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	90.7%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	93.0%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	92.8%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	95.8%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	96.8%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	95.1%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	94.6%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	92.9%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	89.0%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	64.1%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	58.6%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	60.6%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	81.7%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	90.9%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	90.9%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	88.3%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	89.7%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	92.4%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	90.5%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	89.5%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	86.5%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	80.8%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	78.7%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	75.2%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	76.3%	0.0%	82.5%
2014 Q4	80.7%	2.4%	82.1%
2015 Q1	77.7%	2.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	76.6%	3.7%	80.6%
2015 Q3	74.3%	4.9%	79.2%
2015 Q4	75.4%	3.1%	80.0%
2016 Q1	67.5%	4.5%	78.3%
2016 Q2	78.2%	5.1%	79.8%
2016 Q3	79.2%	9.0%	77.7%
2016 Q4	79.3%	15.6%	78.0%
2017 Q1	73.1%	22.0%	77.3%
2017 Q2	79.2%	19.7%	78.5%
2017 Q3	77.5%	19.6%	76.1%
2017 Q4	75.5%	21.4%	77.1%
2018 Q1	72.5%	24.5%	73.7%
2018 Q2	77.9%	20.3%	74.0%
2018 Q3	67.4%	28.4%	72.7%
2018 Q4	68.8%	27.6%	72.7%
2019 Q1	59.4%	38.3%	69.9%
2019 Q2	42.8%	49.7%	72.1%
2019 Q3	43.1%	48.0%	69.6%
2019 Q4	59.5%	32.5%	71.5%
2020 Q1	47.8%	38.5%	68.4%
2020 Q2	59.5%	26.8%	63.9%
2020 Q3	46.3%	39.5%	63.8%
2020 Q4	15.9%	70.1%	65.3%
2021 Q1	8.1%	85.9%	59.4%
2021 Q2	42.3%	48.5%	58.4%
2021 Q3	44.2%	41.1%	53.1%
2021 Q4	39.9%	36.3%	53.0%
2022 Q1	49.2%	26.8%	51.6%
2022 Q2	51.5%	30.0%	56.0%
2022 Q3	51.2%	28.0%	53.3%
2022 Q4	24.7%	46.8%	54.1%
2023 Q1	11.3%	62.5%	53.5%
2023 Q2	3.4%	77.7%	58.5%
2023 Q3	4.0%	65.7%	59.0%
2023 Q4	0.0%	70.3%	59.8%
2024 Q1	12.5%	62.9%	58.8%
2024 Q2	30.7%	51.2%	64.4%
2024 Q3	37.0%	51.9%	64.2%
2024 Q4	51.7%	43.5%	65.6%
2025 Q1	43.1%	52.8%	62.1%
2025 Q2	17.1%	73.9%	65.0%
2025 Q3	32.1%	61.9%	62.5%
2025 Q4	34.1%	61.0%	64.7%
2026 Q1	27.6%	66.7%	60.6%
2026 Q2	24.5%	70.1%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

St Albans against England

St Albans
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	St Albans	England
2008 Q1	74.9%	85.1%
2008 Q2	70.9%	86.1%
2008 Q3	70.7%	86.3%
2008 Q4	73.8%	85.3%
2009 Q1	80.0%	85.9%
2009 Q2	71.8%	86.8%
2009 Q3	81.2%	87.4%
2009 Q4	77.7%	86.9%
2010 Q1	77.0%	87.0%
2010 Q2	88.3%	88.0%
2010 Q3	71.5%	87.7%
2010 Q4	73.4%	87.5%
2011 Q1	81.9%	87.9%
2011 Q2	78.0%	88.5%
2011 Q3	76.8%	88.3%
2011 Q4	71.5%	88.3%
2012 Q1	72.0%	88.2%
2012 Q2	97.2%	89.2%
2012 Q3	71.8%	89.0%
2012 Q4	74.6%	88.9%
2013 Q1	77.5%	89.8%
2013 Q2	78.1%	90.6%
2013 Q3	80.3%	90.3%
2013 Q4	83.8%	89.6%
2014 Q1	85.2%	89.8%
2014 Q2	81.6%	90.5%
2014 Q3	84.9%	90.0%
2014 Q4	83.2%	89.2%
2015 Q1	83.5%	89.3%
2015 Q2	80.9%	90.2%
2015 Q3	79.9%	90.0%
2015 Q4	79.8%	89.2%
2016 Q1	83.1%	90.0%
2016 Q2	89.3%	90.3%
2016 Q3	89.4%	90.2%
2016 Q4	91.9%	89.7%
2017 Q1	91.4%	89.9%
2017 Q2	94.0%	90.5%
2017 Q3	92.3%	90.0%
2017 Q4	91.0%	90.1%
2018 Q1	88.7%	90.5%
2018 Q2	90.1%	91.0%
2018 Q3	89.9%	91.2%
2018 Q4	93.2%	90.5%
2019 Q1	90.4%	90.3%
2019 Q2	90.3%	91.0%
2019 Q3	90.3%	90.6%
2019 Q4	90.5%	89.8%
2020 Q1	90.7%	89.9%
2020 Q2	89.3%	90.2%
2020 Q3	90.9%	90.6%
2020 Q4	88.3%	90.3%
2021 Q1	90.2%	90.9%
2021 Q2	89.5%	91.2%
2021 Q3	87.4%	91.0%
2021 Q4	87.8%	90.1%
2022 Q1	91.5%	90.0%
2022 Q2	84.3%	90.4%
2022 Q3	87.6%	89.8%
2022 Q4	87.5%	89.4%
2023 Q1	80.2%	89.3%
2023 Q2	86.6%	89.2%
2023 Q3	87.4%	88.6%
2023 Q4	88.3%	88.2%
2024 Q1	91.1%	88.2%
2024 Q2	88.8%	89.1%
2024 Q3	88.3%	89.4%
2024 Q4	79.6%	88.6%
2025 Q1	84.7%	89.3%
2025 Q2	88.4%	90.4%
2025 Q3	90.1%	90.1%
2025 Q4	87.8%	90.1%
2026 Q1	86.8%	90.6%
2026 Q2	83.3%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks30.0%
8 to 13 weeks1.8%
13 to 26 weeks2.8%
Over 26 weeks0.9%
Extension of time agreed64.5%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	294
8 to 13 weeks	18
13 to 26 weeks	27
Over 26 weeks	9
Extension of time agreed	632

Appeals

Decided: 39
Allowed: 30.8%
Median wait: 11 weeks

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

St Albans has published 45 conservation areas.
St Albans has published 34 Article 4 areas.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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