23 Rothamsted Avenue Harpenden Al5 2Dn
Approved on 19 November 2008
Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of outbuilding
- Received
- 8 October 2008
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived8 Oct
- ValidatedValidated8 Oct
- Consult.Consultation17 Nov
- TargetTarget Date17 Nov
- DecidedDecided19 Nov
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 23 Rothamsted Avenue Harpenden Al5 2Dn. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. 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.
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 2DN
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 October 2008
- Consultation expiry
- 17 November 2008
- Consultation end
- 17 November 2008
- Target decision date
- 17 November 2008
- Committee meeting
- 19 November 2008
- Decision issued
- 20 November 2008
- Application expires
- 3 December 2008
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 October 2008
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202511 Mar
2 Old Bay Trees (T1 and T2 on Sketch) - Cut back to Level of Hedges & thin because of excessive shading (see…
ApprovedTree works in conservation areaTP/2025/0125 - 200824 Dec
Certificate Of Lawfulness (proposed) - Erection of outbuilding
ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)5/2008/2885 - 200016 May
Two storey side extension (resubmission following refusal of 5/99/2216)
DC3 Conditional PermissionFull Planning Application (pre-2009)5/2000/1063
Source: St Albans
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