44 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qs
Refused on 4 April 2014
Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two, four bedroom detached dwellings with basements, associated landscaping (resubmission following withdrawal of 5/2013/2821)
- Received
- 7 February 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived7 Feb
- ValidatedValidated10 Feb
- Consult.Consultation12 Mar
- TargetTarget Date12 Mar
- DecidedDecided4 Apr
Decided in 53 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at 44 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qs. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 4 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
- (Minor) Dwellings
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 February 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 12 March 2014
- Consultation end
- 12 March 2014
- Target decision date
- 12 March 2014
- Application expires
- 6 April 2014
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 February 2014
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
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.
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201520 May
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