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2 The Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Nb

5/2024/0591Prior Notification HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 8 May 2024

Council decision: NCS Prior approval required and refusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension 2.8m in height x 6m in depth and 2.6m in height to the eaves

Received
1 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden North & Rural
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 2 The Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Nb. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 3NB
Application type
Prior Notification Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2024
Consultation expiry
29 April 2024
Consultation end
29 April 2024
Target decision date
29 April 2024
Application expires
12 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

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.

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
    1 Apr

    Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposed hip to gable and loft conversion

    RefusedCertificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)Filed alongside5/2024/0588
  2. 2024
    1 Apr

    Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension 2.8m in height x 6m in depth and 2.6m in height to the eaves

    This applicationRefusedOutline5/2024/0591

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