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Rothamsted Little Stars Day Nursery Rothamsted Research West Common Harpenden Al5 2Jq

5/2019/1132Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 August 2019

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use to Class D2 (gym), internal alterations and alterations to openings (resubmission following invalid application 5/2019/0254)

Received
30 April 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Redbourn
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 103 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Rothamsted Little Stars Day Nursery Rothamsted Research West Common Harpenden Al5 2Jq. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Redbourn. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

55% of amendment 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 2JQ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Harpenden Rural

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2019
Consultation expiry
8 August 2019
Consultation end
8 August 2019
Target decision date
8 August 2019
Application expires
25 June 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
99 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 May 2019

Additional information

Documents
15

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
  • 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.

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
    30 Apr

    Change of use to Class D2 (gym), internal alterations and alterations to openings (resubmission following…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionAmendment5/2019/1132
  2. 2019
    31 Jan

    Change of use to Class D2 (gym), internal alterations and alterations to fenestration and doors (resubmission…

    WithdrawnInvalidPart of5/2019/0254

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