Harpenden House Hotel 18 Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Pe
Refused on 12 August 2014
Council decision: AC4 Advert RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Advertisement Consent - Display of non-illuminated free standing sign
- Received
- 22 April 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived22 Apr
- ValidatedValidated28 May
- Consult.Consultation27 Jun
- TargetTarget Date27 Jun
- DecidedDecided12 Aug
Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Harpenden House Hotel 18 Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Pe. St Albans has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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.
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 1PE
- Application type
- Advert
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 May 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 27 June 2014
- Consultation end
- 27 June 2014
- Target decision date
- 27 June 2014
- Application expires
- 22 July 2014
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
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 (22)
flood storage areas, 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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201619 Oct
Discharge of Conditions 10 (construction logistics plan) and 23 (tree method statement) of planning…
Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2016/3160 - 20141 Oct
Demolition of existing outbuildings and creation of 31 dwelling units comprising of refurbishment and…
WithdrawnWithdrawn5/2014/2759 - 201430 Sep
Listed Building consent - Refurbishment and conversion of existing building to create three, two bedrooms and…
WithdrawnListed building consent5/2014/2778 - 201418 Aug
Advertisement Consent - Display of non-illuminated free standing sign (resubmission following refusal of…
RefusedAdvertisement consent5/2014/2360
Source: St Albans
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