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42 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qs

5/2019/1999HouseholderApproved

Approved on 4 October 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 rear extension, reconfiguration of roof from hipped to crown with rooflights, partial garage conversion, new porch and bay window to front elevation, new openings, rear landscaping, removal of chimney and new vehicular crossov

Received
2 August 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 42 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qs. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than St Albans's typical decision time. 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.

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 2QS
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2019
Consultation expiry
18 September 2019
Consultation end
18 September 2019
Target decision date
18 September 2019
Application expires
1 October 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-8048554
Documents
12

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
    2 Aug

    Part single, part two storey rear extension, reconfiguration of roof from hipped to crown with rooflights…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2019/1999
  2. 2019
    2 Aug

    Front canopy porch, partial garage conversion, single storey front bay window, part single, part two storey…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholderFiled alongside5/2019/2000

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