28 Station Road Harpenden Al5 4Se
Approved on 19 February 2014
Council decision: AC3 Advert - Extra ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Advertisement Consent - Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign
- Received
- 24 October 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated25 Oct
- Consult.Consultation8 Jan
- TargetTarget Date8 Jan
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 117 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 28 Station Road Harpenden Al5 4Se. St Albans has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer 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.
86% of advertising 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 4SE
- Application type
- Advert
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 October 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 8 January 2014
- Consultation end
- 8 January 2014
- Target decision date
- 8 January 2014
- Application expires
- 19 December 2013
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 75 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-2972084
- Documents
- 14
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20085 Sep
Alterations to shopfront, installation of ventilation system and external compressors
Refused(Minor) Retail Distribution & Servicing5/2008/2097 - 20085 Sep
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign and one internally illuminated projecting sign
RefusedAdvertisement consent5/2008/2098 - 200822 Aug
Change of use from Class A1 (retail) to Class A5 (take away)
RefusedChange of Use5/2008/2009
Source: St Albans
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