9 Birch Way Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Tp

5/2023/0459HouseholderApproved

Approved on 4 May 2023

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Two storey side and single storey rear extension and alterations to openings (resubmission following refusal of 5/2022/2083)

Received: 2 March 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden West

ReceivedReceived2 Mar
ValidatedValidated3 Mar
Consult.Consultation14 Apr
TargetTarget Date14 Apr
DecidedDecided4 May

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 9 Birch Way Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Tp. 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 are no previous applications recorded 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 5TP
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 March 2023
Consultation expiry: 14 April 2023
Consultation end: 14 April 2023
Target decision date: 14 April 2023
Application expires: 27 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11980216

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.

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Source: St Albans

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