43 West Way Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Qx

5/2015/0580HouseholderApproved

Approved on 26 June 2015

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension

Received: 25 February 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden East

ReceivedReceived25 Feb
ValidatedValidated26 Feb
Consult.Consultation3 Apr
TargetTarget Date3 Apr
DecidedDecided26 Jun

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 43 West Way Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Qx. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 9 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Harpenden East. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

86% of full 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 4QX
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 February 2015
Consultation expiry: 3 April 2015
Consultation end: 3 April 2015
Target decision date: 3 April 2015
Application expires: 22 April 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Documents: 8

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.

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Source: St Albans

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