17 Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Ua
Refused on 30 December 2014
Council decision: AC4 Advert RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Advertisement Consent - Four internally illuminated fascia signs, one internally illuminated lettering sign, one non-illuminated printed vinyl sign and one internally illuminated totem sign
- Received
- 9 September 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived9 Sep
- ValidatedValidated5 Nov
- Consult.Consultation5 Dec
- TargetTarget Date5 Dec
- DecidedDecided30 Dec
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 17 Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Ua. 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 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.
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 2UA
- Application type
- Advert
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 November 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 5 December 2014
- Consultation end
- 5 December 2014
- Target decision date
- 5 December 2014
- Application expires
- 30 December 2014
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-3640415
- Documents
- 21
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.
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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201512 Aug
Advertisement Consent - Display of three internally illuminated and two non-illuminated fascia signs, one…
RefusedAdvertisement consent5/2015/2354 - 20139 Dec
Advertisement Consent - Display of seven internally illuminated fascia signs, one internally illuminated…
RefusedAdvertisement consent5/2013/3333 - 201327 Nov
Removal of Condition 1 (permission for limited period of one year) of planning permission 5/2013/2357
RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)5/2013/3217
Source: St Albans
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