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42 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qs

5/2019/1256WithdrawnWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 1 July 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Part single, part two storey rear extension, raising of roof, partial garage conversion, front bay window and porch canopy, removal of chimney, alterations to openings, rear patio, landscaping works and additional vehicle access

Received
16 May 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 45 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a two storey rear extension at 42 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qs. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 46 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Harpenden West. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL5 2QS
Application type
Withdrawn
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2019
Consultation expiry
11 July 2019
Consultation end
11 July 2019
Target decision date
11 July 2019
Application expires
11 July 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-7855282
Documents
14

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.

Source: St Albans

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