87 Overstone Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 5PL
Approved on 7 May 2025
Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Single storey rear extension, single and two storey side extensions with replacement roof over porch area and alterations to openings at 87 Overstone Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 5PL
- Received
- 24 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived24 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Apr
- TargetTarget Date18 Apr
- DecidedDecided7 May
Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 87 Overstone Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 5PL. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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 5PL
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 April 2025
- Application expires
- 24 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- CRAIG LAMBERT ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13720415
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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Source: St Albans
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