50 Townsend Lane Harpenden Al5 2Qs

5/2008/0784Full Planning Application (pre-2009)Approved

Full

Approved on 4 June 2008

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwellings and erection of two, five bedroom dwellings

Received: 25 March 2008
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden West

ReceivedReceived25 Mar
ValidatedValidated10 Apr
Consult.Consultation27 May
TargetTarget Date27 May
DecidedDecided4 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 50 Townsend Lane Harpenden Al5 2Qs. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. 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 2QS
Application type: Full Planning Application (pre-2009)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 April 2008
Consultation expiry: 27 May 2008
Consultation end: 27 May 2008
Target decision date: 27 May 2008
Committee meeting: 4 June 2008
Decision issued: 5 June 2008
Application expires: 5 June 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 30 April 2008

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.

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Source: St Albans

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