43 Derwent Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Ny

5/2023/2389HouseholderApproved

Approved on 8 March 2024

Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission

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

Proposal

Conversion of store to study (part retrospective)

Received: 24 November 2023
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden North & Rural

ReceivedReceived24 Nov
ValidatedValidated27 Nov
Consult.Consultation1 Mar
TargetTarget Date1 Mar
DecidedDecided8 Mar

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 43 Derwent Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Ny. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 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 97 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 3NY
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 5 January 2024
Consultation end: 1 March 2024
Target decision date: 1 March 2024
Application expires: 21 January 2024

Planning decision

Case officer: Saira Alam
Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Documents: 10

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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