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Units 6 & 7 Batford Mill Lower Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 5BZ

5/2025/0108FullWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 1 July 2026

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

Proposal

Construction of new dwellings comprising a mix of one-, two- and three- bedroom flats and six dwelling houses; provision of new cycle storage and transformer housing; associated parking and landscaping; and the provision of retail and gym space at ground floor level. at Units 6 & 7 Batford Mill Lower Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 5BZ

Submitted
22 January 2025
Ward
Harpenden East
Agent
Unlimited Assets Ltd
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 525 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Units 6 & 7 Batford Mill Lower Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 5BZ. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 525 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Harpenden East. 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 5BZ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry
31 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Unlimited Assets Ltd
Architect profile
UNLIMITED ASSETS LTD

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 2: Medium 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.

Source: St Albans

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