Harpenden Sports Centre Rothamsted Park Leyton Road Harpenden Al5 2Hu
Approved on 20 December 2019
Council decision: Non Material Amendment ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non Material Amendment - Omission of proposed stage door extension to east side of the facility (rear of auditorium) and revert back to existing building line, opening to existing fabric to serve as new stage door, retention of existing glazed curtain wal
- Received
- 22 November 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived22 Nov
- ValidatedValidated6 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Dec
- DecidedDecided20 Dec
Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Harpenden Sports Centre Rothamsted Park Leyton Road Harpenden Al5 2Hu. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.
55% of amendment 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
- Non Materials Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 December 2019
- Target decision date
- 6 December 2019
- Application expires
- 2 January 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 27 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201912 Aug
Discharge of Condition 26 (SuDS Management plan) to Planning permission 5/2018/0157
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/2100 - 201931 Jan
The works detailed below are related to the Planning Application for Harpenden Leisure and Culture, approved…
ApprovedTree works in conservation areaTP/2019/0042
Source: St Albans
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