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71A West Common Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Ld

5/2024/0484Non Materials AmendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 21 May 2024

Council decision: Non Material Amendment RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non Material Amendment - Modify windows and doors to rationalise the elevations in a coherent way to create a small gable instead of a hip to gable to the south elevation of planning permission 5/2022/2627 dated 22/03/2023 for Single storey side and rear

Received
20 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden South
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target18 Apr
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 71A West Common Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Ld. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Harpenden South. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

55% of amendment 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 2LD
Application type
Non Materials Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2024
Consultation expiry
18 April 2024
Consultation end
18 April 2024
Target decision date
18 April 2024
Application expires
20 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
26 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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. 2024
    20 Mar

    Dormer window to rear elevation

    DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholderFiled alongside5/2024/0468
  2. 2024
    20 Mar

    Non Material Amendment - Modify windows and doors to rationalise the elevations in a coherent way to create a…

    This applicationRefusedNon-material amendment5/2024/0484

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