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7 Gibbs Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Fa

5/2024/1487HouseholderRefused

Refused on 23 October 2024

Council decision: DC4 RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Loft conversion with side dormer windows

Received
29 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated30 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 7 Gibbs Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Fa. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 197 applications across Harpenden West. 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 1FA
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 August 2024
Consultation expiry
14 October 2024
Consultation end
14 October 2024
Target decision date
14 October 2024
Application expires
24 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 September 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
App/B1930/D/25/3358917
Appeal date
14 January 2025
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
9 April 2025

Appeal history

3358917
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 April 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13344119
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. 2025
    16 May

    Discharge of condition 2 (dormer cladding details) of planning permission 5/2024/1487

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/0978
  2. 2024
    29 Aug

    Loft conversion with side dormer windows

    This applicationRefusedFull5/2024/1487

Source: St Albans

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