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53 Grove Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1En

5/2016/3127Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 November 2016

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion, insertation of new window opening to first floor rear elevation & porch extension

Received
16 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden South
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 53 Grove Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1En. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 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 117 applications across Harpenden South. 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 1EN
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2016
Target decision date
17 October 2016
Application expires
12 December 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 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.

  • Brownfield land register: Pan Autos and adjacent uses Dark Lane and Grove RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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