Flat 4 Welcombe House 1 Gibbs Close Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 1FA
Approved on 28 January 2026
Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
Proposal
Installation of external condenser unit and external alterations at Flat 4 Welcombe House 1 Gibbs Close Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 1FA
- Submitted
- 9 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedSubmitted9 May
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 264 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Flat 4 Welcombe House 1 Gibbs Close Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 1FA. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 264 days, 30 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- AL5 1FA
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Consultation expiry
- 2 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
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.
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
- 20259 May
Installation of external condenser unit and external alterations at Flat 4 Welcombe House 1 Gibbs Close…
This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2025/0920 - 20259 May
Listed Building Consent - Installation of external condenser unit, internal air conditioning units and…
DC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentListed building consentFiled alongside5/2025/0948
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202020 Jul
Installation of an external condenser unit to main roof to support air conditioning equipment
Refused(Minor) All Other Developments5/2020/1618 - 202020 Jul
Listed Building consent - Installation of an external condenser unit to support air conditioning equipment
RefusedListed building consent5/2020/1662
Source: St Albans
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