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9a & 9b Rosebery Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2QT

5/2024/2258(Minor) DwellingsApproved

Approved on 7 May 2025

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing semi-detached duplex properties and construction of two, three bedroom semi-detached houses with attic accommodation with associated landscaping works and widening of existing vehicle crossover at 9a & 9b Rosebery Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2QT

Received
19 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 96 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 9a & 9b Rosebery Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2QT. St Albans has handled 12,346 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 12 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Harpenden West. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL5 2QT
Application type
(Minor) Dwellings
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2025
Consultation expiry
24 April 2025
Consultation end
24 April 2025
Target decision date
24 April 2025
Application expires
27 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
HOWARD PEASE ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
37

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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