7 Gibbs Close Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 1FA
Approved on 21 July 2025
Council decision: Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Discharge of condition 2 (dormer cladding details) of planning permission 5/2024/1487 allowed at appeal dated 09/04/2025 for Loft conversion with side dormer windows at 7 Gibbs Close Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 1FA
- Received
- 16 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived16 May
- ValidatedValidated19 May
- Consult.Consultation14 Jul
- TargetTarget Date14 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at 7 Gibbs Close Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 1FA. St Albans has handled 688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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.
90% of conditions 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 1FA
- Application type
- Discharge of Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 July 2025
- Application expires
- 13 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- CLARKE & WHALEN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13990521
- Documents
- 5
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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© 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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Associated applications
- 202516 May
Discharge of condition 2 (dormer cladding details) of planning permission 5/2024/1487
This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/0978 - 202429 Aug
Loft conversion with side dormer windows
RefusedHouseholderPart of5/2024/1487
Source: St Albans
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