Sir John Lawes School Manland Way Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4QP
Proposal
Variations of Conditions 2 (approved plans) and 9 (car and cycle parking layout) of planning permission 5/2022/2447 dated 30/08/2023 for Two storey teaching block with performance studio, including extension to existing car park, new path and landscaping at Sir John Lawes School Manland Way Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4QP
- Received
- 22 May 2025
- Decided
- 21 July 2025 · Withdrawn
- Ward
- Harpenden East
- ReceivedReceived22 May
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation12 Jul
- TargetTarget Date12 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
Decided in 40 days
This is a planning application for an extension at Sir John Lawes School Manland Way Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4QP. St Albans has handled 12,103 applications of this type and approves 82% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 60 days, 3 days longer than St Albans's median. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Harpenden East. We hold 3,700 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202626 Mar
AMENDED INFORMATION - Discharge of Condition 7 (Construction Method Statement) and Biodiversity Gain…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2026/0621 - 202527 Oct
Proposed development of a single storey teaching block with music practice rooms, performance studio and…
DC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2025/1978 - 202412 Jul
Two storey extension for new circulation staircase
DC3 Conditional Permission(Minor) All Other Developments5/2024/1205 - No date
Discharge of Condition 3 (materials) of planning permission 5/2025/1978
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2026/1021
Planning 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.
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