33 Cowper Road Harpenden Al5 5Nf

5/2007/2652Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Refused

Full

Refused on 20 December 2007

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Detached single storey timber building

Received: 31 October 2007
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden West

ReceivedReceived31 Oct
ValidatedValidated31 Oct
Consult.Consultation10 Dec
TargetTarget Date10 Dec
DecidedDecided20 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 33 Cowper Road Harpenden Al5 5Nf. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. 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 5NF
Application type: Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 October 2007
Consultation expiry: 10 December 2007
Consultation end: 10 December 2007
Target decision date: 10 December 2007
Committee meeting: 20 December 2007
Application expires: 26 December 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 November 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.

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.

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Source: St Albans

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