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40 Townsend Lane Harpenden Al5 2Qs

5/2007/0919Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Refused
Full

Refused on 4 June 2007

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing and erection of two, seven bedroom detached dwellings

Received
10 April 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.29 May
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided4 Jun

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 40 Townsend Lane Harpenden Al5 2Qs. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 2 other applications 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 2QS
Application type
Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2007
Consultation expiry
29 May 2007
Consultation end
29 May 2007
Target decision date
29 May 2007
Committee meeting
4 June 2007
Decision issued
6 June 2007
Application expires
12 June 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 May 2007

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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