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419 Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Qe

5/2023/0633Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 June 2023

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Approved

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion with rear dormer and roof lights (resubmission following refusal of 5/2022/3049)

Received
24 March 2023
Ward
Harpenden North & Rural
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 419 Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Qe. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Harpenden North & Rural. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

71% of outline 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 3QE
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Rural

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2023
Consultation expiry
21 April 2023
Consultation end
21 April 2023
Target decision date
21 April 2023
Application expires
21 May 2023

Planning decision

Case officer
Lucy Pedder
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12042688
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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Source: St Albans

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