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17 Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Ua

5/2015/2354AdvertRefused
Advertisement consent

Refused on 10 February 2016

Council decision: AC4 Advert RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Advertisement Consent - Display of three internally illuminated and two non-illuminated fascia signs, one non-illuminated printed vinyl sign and two internally illuminated totem signs

Received
12 August 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 75 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 182 days, 18 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
27 November 2015
Consultation expiry
8 January 2016
Consultation end
8 January 2016
Target decision date
8 January 2016
Application expires
21 January 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-4068417

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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