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97 Crabtree Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Px

5/2019/0489HouseholderApproved

Approved on 15 August 2019

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Two storey side and rear extensions, garage and loft conversions to habitable accommodation, increased paving of front and side amenity space, rear dormer window, side rooflights, alterations to openings and removal of chimney stacks.

Received
27 February 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden East
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 97 Crabtree Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Px. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 weeks longer 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.

86% of full 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 5PX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2019
Consultation expiry
5 June 2019
Consultation end
5 June 2019
Target decision date
5 June 2019
Application expires
24 April 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
97 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-7661284
Documents
17

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.

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