5 Douglas Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2En
Proposal
Non Material Amendment - Installation of three rooflights to pitch, change of window to juliette balcony of planning permission 5/2018/3154 dated 05/03/2019 for Part single, part two storey side and rear and single storey front extension, front bay windo
- Received
- 13 September 2019
- Decided
- 11 October 2019 · Non Material Amendment Refuse
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedSubmitted13 Sep
- ValidatedValidated16 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date16 Sep
- DecidedDecided11 Oct
Decided in 25 days (council typically 63)
This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Douglas Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2En. St Albans has handled 315 applications of this type and approves 62% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than St Albans's median. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 197 applications across Harpenden West. We hold 3,635 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.
Application Details
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Publicity
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Additional Information
Source: St Albans
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201928 Oct
Non Material Amendment - Change of window to bedroom one to have juliette balcony with inward opening doors…
RefusedNon-material amendment5/2019/2713 - 201921 Aug
Non Material Amendment - Installation of two rooflights in the pitched roof in the dining room of planning…
ApprovedNon-material amendment5/2019/2171 - 20147 Mar
Front bay window, single storey front, part single, part two storey side with front dormer window and part…
DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholder5/2014/0621
Planning constraints
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.
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