50 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4QU
Approved on 19 September 2025
Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
The construction of an outbuilding to be clad using red cedar cladding and built using SIP panels. The building will be a multi functioning space to include home office and gym. As the garden is sloping from rear to front it is proposed that the level at the rear of the garden will be dug down by 50cm to provide a level area for the outbuilding at 50 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4QU
- Received
- 6 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden East
- ReceivedReceived6 Mar
- ValidatedValidated14 Apr
- Consult.Consultation31 May
- TargetTarget Date31 May
- DecidedDecided19 Sep
Decided in 158 days
About this application
This is a planning application for an outbuilding at 50 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4QU. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 20 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 86 applications across Harpenden East. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- AL5 4QU
- Application type
- (Minor) All Other Developments
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 31 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 31 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 May 2025
- Application expires
- 8 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 May 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13832533
- Documents
- 14
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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202014 Feb
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow changes to plot 1 to include garage conversion into a…
DC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2020/0379 - 20198 Aug
Discharge of Conditions 3 (materials) and 5 (scheme of additional planting and landscaping) of planning…
Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2019/2068
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