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26 Overstone Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Pj

5/2015/0939Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 May 2015

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension with atrium roof light, loft conversion with new rear dormer window and alterations to openings

Received
30 March 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 26 Overstone Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Pj. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 2 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.

71% of outline 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 5PJ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2015
Target decision date
31 March 2015
Application expires
25 May 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

Source: St Albans

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