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70 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Rg

5/2013/2884HouseholderApproved

Approved on 24 March 2015

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionNorth

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

Proposal

Gable to hip loft conversion including raising of roof, one front dormer window, two rear dormers and rear rooflight, part two storey, part first floor front, side and rear extension, two storey front extension with front canopy and bay windows, introduct

Received
24 October 2013
Decision level
North
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 515 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 70 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Rg. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 516 days, 66 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 196 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 2RG
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2013
Consultation expiry
29 November 2013
Consultation end
29 November 2013
Target decision date
29 November 2013
Committee meeting
28 July 2014
Application expires
19 December 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
17

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.

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