44 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qs
Refused on 11 August 2014
Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two, four bedroom detached dwellings with basements and associated landscaping
- Received
- 16 May 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived16 May
- ValidatedValidated22 May
- Consult.Consultation2 Jul
- TargetTarget Date2 Jul
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 81 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 87 days, 4 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. 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
- 22 May 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 2 July 2014
- Consultation end
- 2 July 2014
- Target decision date
- 2 July 2014
- Application expires
- 16 July 2014
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 June 2014
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- App/B1930/A/14/2225111
- Appeal date
- 8 September 2014
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
- Appeal decision date
- 24 December 2014
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-3398145
- Documents
- 26
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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201520 May
Discharge of Conditions 2 (drainage strategy), 4 (samples of materials), 6 (tree/natural feature Protection)…
Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2015/1523 - 20147 Nov
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two, four bedroom detached dwellings with basements and…
DC3 Conditional Permission(Minor) Dwellings5/2014/3135 - 20147 Feb
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two, four bedroom detached dwellings with basements…
Refused(Minor) Dwellings5/2014/0326 - 201317 Oct
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two, four bedroom detached dwellings with basements…
WithdrawnWithdrawn5/2013/2821
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