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2 Victoria Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4EA

5/2024/1961(Minor) DwellingsApproved

Approved on 7 January 2025

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from E(c)-Class to C3 residential, erection of single storey rear and side extensions, erection of pitch roof rear dormer, insertion of two front rooflights, insertion of three rear rooflights and the demolition of an outbuilding at 2 Victoria Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4EA

Received
12 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target21 Dec
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 2 Victoria Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4EA. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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.

Application details

Postcode
AL5 4EA
Application type
(Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2024
Consultation expiry
21 December 2024
Consultation end
21 December 2024
Target decision date
21 December 2024
Application expires
7 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
ARACO DESIGN STUDIO ARCHITECTS LTD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13474698
Documents
15

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.

Source: St Albans

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