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10 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qe

5/2014/0419(Minor) DwellingsRefused

Refused on 14 April 2014

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing and erection of a replacement dwelling

Received
17 February 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 10 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qe. St Albans has handled 12,346 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
AL5 2QE
Application type
(Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2014
Consultation expiry
21 March 2014
Consultation end
21 March 2014
Target decision date
21 March 2014
Application expires
14 April 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 February 2014

Appeal

Appeal reference
App/B1930/A/14/2222744
Appeal date
29 July 2014
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
17 February 2015

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2014
    20 May

    Demolition of existing and erection of replacement dwelling (resubmission following refusal of 5/2014/0419

    DC3 Conditional Permission(Minor) DwellingsRelated5/2014/1432
  2. 2014
    17 Feb

    Demolition of existing and erection of a replacement dwelling

    This applicationRefusedApplication5/2014/0419

Source: St Albans

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