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40 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Qu

5/2015/2032Prior Notification HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 19 August 2015

Council decision: NCS Prior approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 3.7m in height x 4.227m in depth with 2.9m height to the eaves

Received
9 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden East
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 40 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Qu. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker 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.

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 4QU
Application type
Prior Notification Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2015
Consultation expiry
31 July 2015
Consultation end
31 July 2015
Target decision date
31 July 2015
Application expires
19 August 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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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