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36 Station Road Harpenden Al5 4St

5/2001/0191Advert (pre-2009)Refused
Advertisement consent

Refused on 30 May 2001

Council decision: AC4 Advert Refusal

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

Proposal

Display of externally illuminated shop sign

Received
30 January 2001
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided30 May

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 36 Station Road Harpenden Al5 4St. St Albans has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 advertising 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 4ST
Application type
Advert (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2001
Consultation expiry
5 March 2001
Consultation end
5 March 2001
Target decision date
5 March 2001
Committee meeting
25 May 2001
Decision issued
31 May 2001
Application expires
26 March 2001

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2000
    22 Dec

    New shopfront

    DC3 Conditional PermissionFull Planning Application (pre-2009)5/2000/2506

Source: St Albans

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