6 Baulk Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Fj

5/2023/0843HouseholderApproved

Approved on 9 August 2023

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission

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

Proposal

Construction of rear garden outbuilding (retrospective)

Received: 18 April 2023
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden North & Rural

ReceivedReceived18 Apr
ValidatedValidated19 Apr
Consult.Consultation26 May
TargetTarget Date26 May
DecidedDecided9 Aug

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 6 Baulk Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Fj. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building 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 3,772 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 4FJ
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 April 2023
Consultation expiry: 26 May 2023
Consultation end: 26 May 2023
Target decision date: 26 May 2023
Application expires: 13 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Architect profile: ARKIPLAN ARCHITECTURAL LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer: Lucy Pedder
Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 3 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12102819
Documents: 5

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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© 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.

Source: St Albans

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