24 Douglas Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2EW
Approved on 11 June 2025
Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Construction of a new garden wall replacing an existing timber fence construction at 24 Douglas Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2EW
- Received
- 11 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation3 May
- TargetTarget Date3 May
- DecidedDecided11 Jun
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 24 Douglas Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2EW. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 2EW
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 May 2025
- Application expires
- 6 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- PEHRSSON SCOTT LTD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 April 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13846285
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202422 Nov
Construction of a new garden wall replacing and existing timber fence construction of a new garden building…
WithdrawnWithdrawn5/2024/2042 - 202417 May
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow roof lights to be added to new side porch of planning…
DC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2024/0865
Source: St Albans
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