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27 High Street Harpenden Al5 2Ru

5/2007/0744Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Refused
Full

Refused on 3 July 2007

Council decision: DC4 RefusalNorth

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

Proposal

Conversion of first floor shop unit and creation of second floor to provide five, one bedroom and three, two bedroom maisonettes and alterations to shop front

Received
22 March 2007
Decision level
North
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 103 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 27 High Street Harpenden Al5 2Ru. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 194 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 2RU
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2007
Consultation expiry
8 May 2007
Consultation end
8 May 2007
Target decision date
8 May 2007
Committee meeting
2 July 2007
Decision issued
11 July 2007
Application expires
17 May 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 April 2007

Appeal

Appeal reference
App/B1930/A/07/2061204
Appeal date
30 November 2007
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
13 August 2008

Additional information

Documents
3

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
  • Listed building: Harpenden Methodist Church High Street HarpendenOn or next to this site
  • 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2007
    22 Mar

    Conversion of first floor shop unit and creation of second floor to provide five, one bedroom and three, two…

    This applicationRefusedFull5/2007/0744
  2. 2007
    22 Mar

    Conversion of first floor shop unit and creation of second floor to provide five, one bedroom and three, two…

    ApprovedConservation Area (pre-2009)Filed alongside5/2007/0745

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