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34 High Street Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Sx

5/2023/2269AdvertAwaiting decision
Advertisement consent
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Advertisement Consent - Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign and one externally illuminated projecting sign

Received
3 November 2023
Decision due
5 January 2024
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 34 High Street Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Sx. St Albans has handled 317 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 November 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Harpenden West. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

86% of advertising 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 2SX
Application type
Advert
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2023
Consultation expiry
5 January 2024
Consultation end
5 January 2024
Application expires
23 January 2024

Planning decision

Decision
PENDING
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Harpenden
  • 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    3 Nov

    Removal of part of the existing shopfront and installation of new door and shopfront windows

    Approved(Minor) All Other DevelopmentsFiled alongside5/2023/2234
  2. 2023
    3 Nov

    Advertisement Consent - Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign and one externally illuminated…

    This applicationPendingAdvertisement consent5/2023/2269

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