Skip to content

27 Kirkdale Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2PT

5/2025/0211HouseholderApproved

Approved on 5 September 2025

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionPlanning committee4 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage and conservatory, two storey side and rear extension and basement at 27 Kirkdale Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2PT

Received
7 February 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 207 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 27 Kirkdale Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2PT. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 22 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.

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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
AL5 2PT
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2025
Consultation expiry
11 July 2025
Consultation end
11 July 2025
Target decision date
11 July 2025
Committee meeting
1 September 2025
Application expires
6 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
PROJECT DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED

Planning decision

Statutory period
151 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13648807
Documents
41

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
    24 Oct

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow additional light and escape route to the basement…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2025/1972
  2. 2025
    7 Feb

    Demolition of existing garage and conservatory, two storey side and rear extension and basement at 27…

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionFull5/2025/0211

Source: St Albans

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near AL5

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for two-storey and first-floor extensions on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address