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51 Bloomfield Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Dd

5/2023/0580HouseholderApproved

Approved on 2 July 2023

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission

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

Proposal

Demolition of shed and construction of part single, part two storey rear, first floor front extension, loft conversion with rear dormer window and front rooflights, removal of chimney stack and extension to front hardstanding

Received
17 March 2023
Ward
Harpenden North & Rural
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Jun
  4. Target28 Jun
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 51 Bloomfield Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Dd. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Harpenden North & Rural. 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 4DD
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2023
Consultation expiry
15 May 2023
Consultation end
28 June 2023
Target decision date
28 June 2023
Application expires
25 May 2023

Planning decision

Case officer
Jacqui Ansell
Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12011945
Documents
9

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.

Source: St Albans

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