Plans submitted by popular celebration card store Card Factory have been granted for a retail park in London Colney.

Proposals for Unit 1 of Colney Fields Shopping Park were accepted on Friday (February 2) after being submitted to St Albans City & District Council's planning portal last month (December 2023).

Two illuminated signs are included within the application for advertising consent, along with proposed elevations of the store.

Herts Advertiser: Card Factory would occupy part on Unit 1, Colney Fields Shopping Park.Card Factory would occupy part on Unit 1, Colney Fields Shopping Park. (Image: Google Maps)

The store would occupy part of Unit 1 of Colney Fields Shopping Park, with a PureGym expected to occupy the majority of the unit.

The 10,000sq ft PureGym is expected to open later this year.

Signage for both stores has already been installed.

A decision notice by St Albans City & District Council's planning committee reads: "The proposed advertisement display is considered acceptable.  

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"It will have no detrimental impact on visual amenity nor on highway safety.  

"The council hereby grant express consent to the display of advertisement proposed by you in your application."

Herts Advertiser: The proposed signs at Card Factory, London Colney.The proposed signs at Card Factory, London Colney. (Image: Card Factory / St Albans City & District Council)

The plans can be viewed by using reference 5/2023/2494 on the St Albans City & District Council planning portal.