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Unit 3 Batford Mill Lower Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Bz

5/2016/3168Discharge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 November 2016

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Discharge of Condition 3 (landscape design proposals) of planning permission 5/2016/1641 dated 15/08/2016 for Overflow car parking area (part retrospective)

Received
19 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden East
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Unit 3 Batford Mill Lower Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Bz. St Albans has handled 688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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.

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 5BZ
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2016
Consultation expiry
18 November 2016
Consultation end
18 November 2016
Target decision date
18 November 2016
Application expires
19 December 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-5567827
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1765Part of the site · +4 more
  • Green belt: St AlbansPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: St Albans

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