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Harpenden Sports Centre Rothamsted Park Leyton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Hu

5/2019/2344(Large Scale Major) All Other DevelopmentsApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2020

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionReferral

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

Proposal

Temporary building for sport and leisure purposes within Class D2, for use as a facility for fitness, exercise and gym during the development and construction of the Leisure Centre and Sports Centre site

Received
16 September 2019
Decision level
Referral
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 98 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 149 days, 13 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
6 November 2019
Consultation expiry
27 January 2020
Consultation end
27 January 2020
Target decision date
27 January 2020
Committee meeting
10 February 2020
Application expires
3 February 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
89 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 November 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-8112117
Documents
47

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
  • 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    19 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 13 (cycle stands) of planning permission 5/2018/0157

    Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside5/2019/2391
  2. 2019
    16 Sep

    Temporary building for sport and leisure purposes within Class D2, for use as a facility for fitness…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2019/2344

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    30 Jun

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (excavated soils), 5 (spoils works), 6 (Institute of groundsmanship report) and 7…

    Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2020/1451
  2. 2019
    15 Jul

    Relocation of excavated material, regrading and landscape works in connection with the delivery of the…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2019/1828
  3. 2019
    3 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
  4. 2019
    28 May

    Non Material Amendment - Relocation of depot building of planning permission 5/2018/0157

    ApprovedNon-material amendment5/2019/1368
  5. 2019
    22 May

    Discharge of Condition 12 (construction plan) of planning permission 5/2018/0157

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions5/2019/1337
  6. 2019
    3 Apr

    Discharge of Condition 15 (protection of trees) of planning permission 5/2018/0157

    Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/0886

Source: St Albans

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