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The Flowers 22 Sun Lane Harpenden Al5 4Eu

5/2000/1455Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Refused
Full

Refused on 5 September 2000

Council decision: DC4 Refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Two storey rear extension (resubmission following refusal of 5/00/0881)

Received
10 July 2000
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at The Flowers 22 Sun Lane Harpenden Al5 4Eu. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 197 applications across Harpenden West. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

86% of full applications at St Albans City and District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL5 4EU
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2000
Consultation expiry
21 August 2000
Consultation end
21 August 2000
Target decision date
21 August 2000
Committee meeting
5 September 2000
Decision issued
12 September 2000
Application expires
4 September 2000

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 July 2000

Appeal

Appeal date
1 February 2001
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
2 May 2001

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Harpenden
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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: St Albans

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