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28 Station Road Harpenden Al5 4Se

5/2008/2097(Minor) Retail Distribution & ServicingRefused

Refused on 28 October 2008

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Alterations to shopfront, installation of ventilation system and external compressors

Received
5 September 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 28 Station Road Harpenden Al5 4Se. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 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.

Application details

Postcode
AL5 4SE
Application type
(Minor) Retail Distribution & Servicing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2008
Consultation expiry
20 October 2008
Consultation end
20 October 2008
Target decision date
20 October 2008
Committee meeting
28 October 2008
Decision issued
30 October 2008
Application expires
31 October 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 September 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.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2008
    5 Sep

    Alterations to shopfront, installation of ventilation system and external compressors

    This applicationRefusedApplication5/2008/2097
  2. 2008
    5 Sep

    Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign and one internally illuminated projecting sign

    RefusedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside5/2008/2098

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