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44 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qs

5/2014/3135(Minor) DwellingsApproved

Approved on 18 March 2015

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionNorth

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two, four bedroom detached dwellings with basements and associated landscaping

Received
7 November 2014
Decision level
North
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 128 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 131 days, 11 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
10 November 2014
Consultation expiry
17 December 2014
Consultation end
17 December 2014
Target decision date
17 December 2014
Committee meeting
16 March 2015
Application expires
4 January 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 November 2014

Additional information

Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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. 2015
    20 May

    Discharge of Conditions 2 (drainage strategy), 4 (samples of materials), 6 (tree/natural feature Protection)…

    Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2015/1523
  2. 2014
    7 Nov

    Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two, four bedroom detached dwellings with basements and…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2014/3135

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