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London Road, St Albans

Key Features

  • Land For Sale
  • Planning Permission Granted ref: 5/2024/2254
  • Five Luxury Detached Houses
  • c.3,500 Square Feet Each
  • Additional 250 sqft Garden Rooms
  • Exclusive Gated Development
  • Prime St. Albans Location
  • South Facing Gardens

Description

Planning has been granted to create 5 luxury detached dwellings in a contemporary architectural style with a total of 17,370sqft of saleable floor area. The new homes will replace 2 derelict properties currently occupying the site.

The development will be accessed via a private gated drive and each property will benefit from a private garden, landscaped outdoor space and additional 250sqft garden room as well as off street parking and additional space for visitors.

The property is located in a prime location just southeast of the St Albans city centre, and approximately a 15-minute walk from Sopwell House. London Road features a variety of shops, supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, and a restored Odyssey Cinema. The city centre, just a 1 Mile walk from the property, offers a wider selection of shops, supermarkets, and other services.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-06-18

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Samuel Ryder Academy339 metresOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    4 to 19
    Pupils
    1,577
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Cunningham Hill Infant School620 metresOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    5 to 7
    Pupils
    180
    Type
    Community school
  • Cunningham Hill Junior School620 metresOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    236
    Type
    Community school
  • Windermere Primary School762 metresOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    134
    Type
    Community school
  • Camp Primary and Nursery School961 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    228
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Samuel Ryder Academy339 metresOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    4 to 19
    Pupils
    1,577
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Loreto College1.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    952
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
    Gender
    Girls
  • Verulam School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    987
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Boys
  • Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School1.3 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,134
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Beaumont School1.3 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,722
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Cell Barnes, St Albans562 metres
Morrisons Daily St Albans Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans564 metres
Spar - St Albans, St Albans0.7 miles

GP surgery

Hatfield Road Surgery0.7 miles

Pharmacy

St Albans Pharmacy565 metres

Hospital

St Albans City Hospital1.9 miles

Green space

Playing Field335 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

St Albans City Rail Station0.9 miles

Nearest bus stop

Mile House Lane47 metres

Typical drive times

Radlett10 min · 6.1 miles
Hatfield9 min · 5.6 miles
Potters Bar11 min · 8.3 miles
St Albans (city)4 min · 1.4 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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