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16 Broadfields Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2HJ

5/2025/1083HouseholderApproved

Approved on 30 September 2025

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) and 3 (matching materials) of planning permission 5/2025/0337 dated 24/04/2025 for Demolition of existing front garage and porch, new part-two storey front extension, single storey front extension, single storey side and rear extensions, internal alterations, changes to fenestrations and external finishes at 16 Broadfields Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2HJ

Received
3 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 103 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 16 Broadfields Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2HJ. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 197 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 2HJ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2025
Consultation expiry
12 September 2025
Consultation end
12 September 2025
Target decision date
12 September 2025
Application expires
13 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
SH2 CONSULTING LTD

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14066382
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

  1. 2025
    3 Jun

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) and 3 (matching materials) of planning permission 5/2025/0337

    This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionVariation of conditions (s73)5/2025/1083
  2. 2025
    28 Feb

    Demolition of existing front garage and porch, new part-two storey front extension, single storey front…

    DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholderPart of5/2025/0337

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