Consultations
We want to know what you think about a wide range of proposals, reviews and decisions that affect you. Taking part in our consultations lets you have your say about the issues that matter to you.
Open Consultations
Completed Consultations
Local Government Reorganisation Consultation - closed 26/03/26 Toggle accordion
Residents and organisations across Hertfordshire were invited to have their say on proposals to change the structure of local government in the county.
Hemel Garden Communities Draft Supplementary Planning Documents - closed 19/03/2026 Toggle accordion
Hemel Garden Communities, St Albans City & District and Dacorum Borough Council invited local residents, businesses, and developers to have their say on two new Draft Supplementary Planning Documents to help shape the future housing, neighbourhoods and development within the Hemel Garden Communities Programme Area. The documents provide a joint approach for all development planned in and around Hemel Hempstead in Dacorum and St Albans districts.
Supplementary Planning Documents are technical documents which help to clarify, illustrate or provide detail on how Local Plan policies should be applied in practice and they will help to inform future development across the town.
Community Governance Review 2025/26 - closed 23/02/26 Toggle accordion
Residents, parish and town councils, residents’ associations, and community groups were asked for their views on the draft recommendations for parish and town council arrangements in St Albans City and District.
Consultation for Street Trading Policy - closed 17/02/26 Toggle accordion
Licensing consulted on changes to the Street Trading Policy.
Consultation for Dual Badge Update - closed 02/10/2025 Toggle accordion
The Council consulted on updates to the taxi policy section 26 which deals with dual badges for those who can be licensed to drive both private hire and hackney carriage vehicles.
The proposed changes were designed to clarify meaning and better represent the intended use of the policy.
Charitable Collections Policy Review 2025 - closed 26/09/2025 Toggle accordion
The Council reviewed its Charitable Collections Policy and invited residents to make comments about the policy. Feedback will be used to shape the policy.
Gloucester Park Programme of works 2025 - closed 22/06/2025 Toggle accordion
The Countryside Management Service (CMS) is collaborating with St Albans City and District Council to develop a comprehensive programme of works for Gloucester Park.
Following recent scrub removal, the enhancement efforts will continue with debris removal, tree, hedgerow, and bulb planting, as well as grass seeding. To ensure the new plan reflects the input of stakeholders and the local community, CMS conducted an engagement process in June 2025.
Other consultation topics older than 1 year Toggle accordion
- Air Quality Action Plan
- Alban Way Greenspace Action Plan
- Animal Welfare Licensing Fees
- Bentsley Spinney Greenspace Action Plan
- Bernards Heath Greenspace Action Plan
- Bricket Wood Common Green Space Action Plan
- Brownfield Land Register
- BT payphone removal
- Business Rates Revaluation 2017 Discretionary Support
- Busking Code of Practice
- Car Parking
- Cemeteries
- Changing Places Toilet Fund
- Charitable Collections Policy
- Charter Markets
- Clarence Park Management Plan
- Colney Heath Neighbourhood Plan Area
- Community Safety Partnership
- Council response times
- Council Tax Support Scheme
- COVID-19 Recovery
- Cunningham Field Open Space Project
- Customer Commitment
- Customer Services
- Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan
- Draft Housing Strategy
- Electoral Boundary Review
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
- Gambling Policy
- Garage site developments
- Green Spaces management plan
- Grow Community Sopwell
- Gustard Wood Conservation Area character statement
- Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy
- Harpenden Leisure and Cultural Development
- Harpenden Neighbourhood Plan
- Hatfield Road Cemetery Greenspace Action Plan
- Housing Allocation Policy
- Housing Tenancy Strategy
- How Wood Greenspace Action Plan
- Lea Valley Line Greenspace Action Plan
- Leisure facilities
- Licensing Statement of Policy
- Local Plan
- Napsbury Conservation Area Character statement
- Netherway Greenspace Action Plan
- Nickey Line Greenspace Action Plan
- Night time economy
- Nomansland Common Greenspace Action Plan
- Open Space
- Parking Strategy
- Parva Close Greenspace Action Plan
- Pavement Licensing Policy
- Payphones
- Polling District and Polling Place Review
- Portable youth shelter
- Public Space Protection Order
- Rail Timetable changes inquiry
- Planning Validation Lists
- Polling districts and polling places
- Potters Crouch Conservation Area Character Statement
- Revenues and Benefits Customer Satisfaction
- River Ver and Verulamium Park Lakes Improvement Project
- Rothamsted Park Greenspace Action Plan
- Sandridge Neighbourhood Plan Area
- Shafford Mill Conservation Area Character Statement
- Sopwell Nunnery Greenspace Action Plan
- Special Treatments Fees
- St Albans Green Ring
- Street Trading Policy
- Taxis
- The Wick Greenspace Action Plan
- Verulamium Park Greenspace Action Plan
- Website redesign
- Westminster Lodge Changing Places
- Yellow line parking restrictions
