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Harpenden Sports Centre Rothamsted Park Leyton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Hu

5/2019/0644Discharge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 June 2019

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

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

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 4 (cultural centre materials), 12 (construction management plan) and 23 (archaeology) of planning permission 5/2018/0157 dated 20/12/2018 for Extension and alterations to existing swimming pool building to provide new learner pool,

Received
14 March 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated15 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Harpenden Sports Centre Rothamsted Park Leyton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Hu. St Albans has handled 688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 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 2HU
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 March 2019
Consultation expiry
22 April 2019
Consultation end
22 April 2019
Target decision date
22 April 2019
Application expires
24 April 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Additional information

Documents
13

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: 21 Leyton Road HarpendenOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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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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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    20 Mar

    Non Material Amendment - Omission of extension to swimming pool building, relocation of substation and depot…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongside5/2019/0708
  2. 2019
    14 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (cultural centre materials), 12 (construction management plan) and 23 (archaeology)…

    This applicationDischarge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2019/0644

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    30 Jun

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (excavated soils), 5 (spoils works), 6 (Institute of groundsmanship report) and 7…

    Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2020/1451
  2. 2019
    19 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 13 (cycle stands) of planning permission 5/2018/0157

    Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2019/2391
  3. 2019
    16 Sep

    Temporary building for sport and leisure purposes within Class D2, for use as a facility for fitness…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2019/2344
  4. 2019
    15 Jul

    Relocation of excavated material, regrading and landscape works in connection with the delivery of the…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2019/1828
  5. 2019
    3 Jul

    Discharge of Conditions 18 (hard and soft landscape works) and 19 (soft landscape works) of planning…

    Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2019/1703
  6. 2019
    28 May

    Non Material Amendment - Relocation of depot building of planning permission 5/2018/0157

    ApprovedNon-material amendment5/2019/1368

Source: St Albans

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