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St Albans: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
St Albans City and District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of HRT. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Hertfordshire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by St Albans for 2026–27: £214.22 of a £2,419.22 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 3 opened (2 academy converter, 1 new provision), 2 closed (2 academy converter)
- Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 December 2025
- Colney Heath Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
- Seva Education St Albans — open; reason recorded: new provision, 21 September 2026
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 January 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£3.2 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £4.1 million |
| Cultural and related services | £925,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £8.3 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.2 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £5.4 million |
| Other services | £200,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £17.0 million |
St Albans in numbers
- Total population
- 151,012 people
- Median age
- 42 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £40,492
- Gross median weekly pay
- £864
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 11.8%
- Claimant Count
- 2.3%
- Average house price
- £646,781
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 11.0 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 5.6 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 93.5%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 110.6 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 9,000 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
56 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 44, Conservative and Unionist 5, Green Party (E&W) 3, Independent / Other 2, Labour Party 2.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 56 councillors, by ward
- Chris Lewis (Liberal Democrats) — Batchwood
- Jenni Murray (Liberal Democrats) — Batchwood
- Lynn Cunningham (Liberal Democrats) — Batchwood
- Chris Brattle (Liberal Democrats) — Bernards Heath
- Helen Campbell (Liberal Democrats) — Bernards Heath
- Jez Levy (Liberal Democrats) — Bernards Heath
- Joanna Meaden (Liberal Democrats) — Clarence
- Josie Madoc (Liberal Democrats) — Clarence
- Matt Fisher (Green Party (E&W)) — Clarence
- Chris Brazier (Liberal Democrats) — Colney Heath
- Keith Cotton (Liberal Democrats) — Cunningham
- Robert Donald (Liberal Democrats) — Cunningham
- Roly Everall (Liberal Democrats) — Cunningham
- Dason Canning (Independent / Other) — Harpenden East
- Paul De Kort (Liberal Democrats) — Harpenden East
- Pip Liver (Liberal Democrats) — Harpenden East
- Ayesha Rohale (Liberal Democrats) — Harpenden North & Rural
- Kevin Timmons (Liberal Democrats) — Harpenden North & Rural
- Sue Griffiths (Conservative and Unionist) — Harpenden North & Rural
- David Heritage (Conservative and Unionist) — Harpenden South
- Matt Cowley (Conservative and Unionist) — Harpenden South
- Teresa Heritage (Conservative and Unionist) — Harpenden South
- Aaron Jacob (Conservative and Unionist) — Harpenden West
- Fiona Gaskell (Liberal Democrats) — Harpenden West
- John Galvin (Liberal Democrats) — Harpenden West
- Anthony Rowlands (Liberal Democrats) — Hill End
- Graeme Shaw (Liberal Democrats) — Hill End
- Jamie Day (Liberal Democrats) — Hill End
- Emma Turnbull (Labour Party) — London Colney
- Mike Hobday (Labour Party) — London Colney
- Tony Lillico (Liberal Democrats) — London Colney
- Lorraine Kirby (Liberal Democrats) — Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm
- Raihaanah Ahmed (Liberal Democrats) — Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm
- Raj Visram (Liberal Democrats) — Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm
- Michael Jones (Liberal Democrats) — Marshalswick West
- Simon Mostyn (Liberal Democrats) — Marshalswick West
- Nuala Webb (Liberal Democrats) — Park Street
- Rav Dighe (Liberal Democrats) — Park Street
- Terrie Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Park Street
- Brian Gunson (Liberal Democrats) — Redbourn
- David Mitchell (Independent / Other) — Redbourn
- Ann Chance-Read (Liberal Democrats) — Sandridge & Wheathampstead
- Owain McKenzie (Liberal Democrats) — Sandridge & Wheathampstead
- Simon Johns (Liberal Democrats) — Sandridge & Wheathampstead
- Harriet Sherlock (Liberal Democrats) — Sopwell
- Jesús Pastor (Liberal Democrats) — Sopwell
- Sarwar Shamsher (Liberal Democrats) — Sopwell
- Juliet Voisey (Green Party (E&W)) — St Peters
- Sean Hughes (Liberal Democrats) — St Peters
- Simon Grover (Green Party (E&W)) — St Peters
- Ajanta Hilton (Liberal Democrats) — St Stephen
- Giles Fry (Liberal Democrats) — St Stephen
- Mohammed Rafi (Liberal Democrats) — St Stephen
- Dawn Gamble (Liberal Democrats) — Verulam
- Edgar Hill (Liberal Democrats) — Verulam
- Julian Degg (Liberal Democrats) — Verulam