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20 High Street Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Sx

5/2019/1414AdvertApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 20 August 2019

Council decision: AC3 Advert - Extra ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Advertisement consent - Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign, one externally illuminated hanging sign and new internally illuminated ATM surround

Received
19 May 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 20 High Street Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Sx. St Albans has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.

86% of advertising 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 2SX
Application type
Advert
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2019
Consultation expiry
2 July 2019
Consultation end
2 July 2019
Target decision date
2 July 2019
Application expires
14 July 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 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
  • 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
    20 May

    Preparation and decoration of shopfront and replacement of ATM and surround

    DC3 Conditional Permission(Minor) All Other DevelopmentsFiled alongside5/2019/1292
  2. 2019
    19 May

    Advertisement consent - Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign, one externally illuminated hanging…

    This applicationAC3 Advert - Extra ConditionsAdvertisement consent5/2019/1414

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    7 Feb

    Replacement of through the glass ATM

    DC3 Conditional Permission(Minor) All Other Developments5/2019/0304

Source: St Albans

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