Policy information sourced from St Albans District Local Plan
116 St. Albans City Centre Policy Area 2, Central Shopping Core
Shopping - The Council will seek to retain the area as St. Albans’ principal shopping area (see Policy 56). Additional shopping development will be assessed against Policy 52. In particular, shopping proposals will be encouraged at ground floor level on Sites 2A,2B,2D (part), 2E and 2F (part) (see (vi) below) and in the following frontages:
Primary Shopping Frontages
- PSF1 - 3-37 Chequer Street
- PSF2 - 2A-38 Chequer Street
- PSF3 - Christopher Place (inner courtyard only)
- PSF4 - 3-21 French Row
- PSF7 - The Maltings
- PSF8 - 1-37 Market Place
- PSF9 - 6-38 Market Place
- PSF10 - 1-57 St. Peters Street
- PSF11 - 2 -20 High Street
Secondary Shopping Frontages
- SSF10 - 61-85 St. Peters Street
- SSF11 - 1 Spencer Street
- SSF12 - The Colonnade, Verulam Road/Upper Dagnall Street
Class A Frontages
- AF8 - 4 St. Peters Street - Forrester House & 1-9 Victoria Street
- AF9 - Lockey House - 30 St. Peters Street
- AF12 - 4A-24 Spencer Street
- AF14 - 2-6 Victoria Street
- AF18 - 1-7 Waddington Road
Service Uses (mainly Use Classes A2 and A3). Proposals will be assessed against Policy 57;
Environmental Enhancement Measures (see Policy 113 and Project 19). The Council proposes to restrict traffic and carry out environmental enhancement measures in St. Peters Street western service road, Market Place, Upper Dagnall Street (east) and Spencer Street (east) (shown as EE.1 on Inset Map). Chequer Street may later become an environmental enhancement area as part of the long-term transportation plan for the City;
Listed Buildings and Locally Listed Buildings. Proposals will be assessed against Policies 86 and 87;
Business Use (Use Class Bl; normally offices) is proposed on Sites 2C, 2D (part) and 2F. Elsewhere, B1 proposals will be assessed against Policy 23;
Site Specific Proposals (see Inset Map):
For more information please see the Local Plan