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40 Townsend Lane Harpenden Al5 2Qs

5/2008/2270Dwellings (pre-2009)Approved

Approved on 26 November 2008

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing and erection of one, five bedroom dwelling

Received
29 September 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 49 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 40 Townsend Lane Harpenden Al5 2Qs. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 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.

Application details

Postcode
AL5 2QS
Application type
Dwellings (pre-2009)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2008
Consultation expiry
10 November 2008
Consultation end
10 November 2008
Target decision date
10 November 2008
Committee meeting
26 November 2008
Decision issued
27 November 2008
Application expires
3 December 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 October 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.

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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