Harpenden Sports Centre Rothamsted Park Leyton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Hu
Approved on 12 May 2020
Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionReferral
Proposal
Relocation of excavated material, regrading and landscape works in connection with the delivery of the proposed leisure and culture centres 5/2018/0157 dated 20/12/2018 - ADDITIONAL AND AMENDED INFORMATION RECEIVED
- Received
- 15 July 2019
- Decision level
- Referral
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived15 Jul
- ValidatedValidated7 Aug
- Consult.Consultation21 Apr
- TargetTarget Date21 Apr
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 279 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Harpenden Sports Centre Rothamsted Park Leyton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Hu. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 302 days, 35 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.
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 2HU
- Application type
- (Large Scale Major) All Other Developments
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 August 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 21 April 2020
- Consultation end
- 21 April 2020
- Target decision date
- 21 April 2020
- Committee meeting
- 11 May 2020
- Application expires
- 4 November 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 258 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 August 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 90
Site constraints
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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Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2020/1451 - 201915 Jul
Relocation of excavated material, regrading and landscape works in connection with the delivery of the…
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Planning history at this site
10 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201919 Sep
Discharge of Condition 13 (cycle stands) of planning permission 5/2018/0157
Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2019/2391 - 201916 Sep
Temporary building for sport and leisure purposes within Class D2, for use as a facility for fitness…
DC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2019/2344 - 20193 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 - 201928 May
Non Material Amendment - Relocation of depot building of planning permission 5/2018/0157
ApprovedNon-material amendment5/2019/1368 - 201922 May
Discharge of Condition 12 (construction plan) of planning permission 5/2018/0157
WithdrawnDischarge of conditions5/2019/1337 - 20193 Apr
Discharge of Condition 15 (protection of trees) of planning permission 5/2018/0157
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/0886 - 201931 Mar
Discharge of Condition 16 (protection of trees) of planning permission 5/2018/0157
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/0869 - 201920 Mar
Non Material Amendment - Omission of extension to swimming pool building, relocation of substation and depot…
ApprovedNon-material amendment5/2019/0708 - 201914 Mar
Discharge of Conditions 4 (cultural centre materials), 12 (construction management plan) and 23 (archaeology)…
Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2019/0644 - 201914 Feb
Discharge of Conditions 3 (materials), 7 (vehicle tracking), 20 (landscape maintenance plan), 22 (external…
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/0371
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