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Harpenden House Hotel 18 Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Pe

5/2016/3160Discharge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 December 2016

Council decision: Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 10 (construction logistics plan) and 23 (tree method statement) of planning permission 5/2016/0669 dated 21/09/2016 for Demolition of existing outbuildings and creation of 37 dwelling units comprising of refurbishment and conversio

Received
19 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Harpenden House Hotel 18 Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Pe. St Albans has handled 688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 197 applications across Harpenden West. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

90% of conditions 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 1PE
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
37
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2016
Consultation expiry
14 November 2016
Consultation end
14 November 2016
Target decision date
14 November 2016
Application expires
15 December 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-5566657
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.

  • Conservation area: Harpenden
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Moat House HotelOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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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