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Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath St Albans AL4 0PG

TP/12/0262Herts County County ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 March 2012

Council decision: Raise No Objections

Proposal

Proposed construction and operation of an Anaerobic Digestion facility (HCC Consultation).

Received
3 February 2012
Ward
Shenley
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath St Albans AL4 0PG. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Shenley. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.

81% of outline applications at Hertsmere Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL4 0PG
Application type
Herts County County Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ridge Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2012
Consultation start
16 February 2012
Neighbour consultation start
21 March 2012
Target decision date
2 March 2012
Committee meeting
15 March 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 February 2012

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Hertsmere
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Hertsmere

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