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15 Fairmead Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Ud

5/2019/1117HouseholderApproved

Approved on 17 September 2019

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Part single, part two storey side extension, single storey rear extension with rooflights, loft conversion with rear dormer window, widening of front hardstanding, rendering to elevations and new front bondary wall

Received
1 May 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 15 Fairmead Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Ud. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 12 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 2 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.

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 5UD
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2019
Consultation expiry
12 September 2019
Consultation end
12 September 2019
Target decision date
12 September 2019
Application expires
28 July 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
101 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-7815145
Documents
18

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    23 Dec

    Non Material Amendment - Widening of first floor side elevation stairwell window from 600mm to 900mm and The…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment5/2019/3230
  2. 2019
    1 May

    Part single, part two storey side extension, single storey rear extension with rooflights, loft conversion…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2019/1117

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