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71a West Common Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2LD

5/2025/1420Withdrawn
Discharge / amendments

Withdrawn on 29 September 2025

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

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 4 (dormer details) of planning permission 5/2024/1008 dated 05/08/2024 for Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to add rear juliette balconies and rear gable roof, removal of the front dormer window, alterations to brickwork finish and alterations to openings of planning permission 5/2022/2627 dated 22/03/2023 for Single storey side and rear extension, conversion of garage to habitable accommodation, extension to loft with front and side dormer windows, alterations to openings with addition of juliette balconies, roof alterations to main roof and car port, new external cladding, render and boundary fence, removal of chimney stack, associated landscaping works at 71a West Common Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2LD

  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Sep

About this application

This is a planning application for a dormer extension at 71a West Common Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2LD. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Harpenden South. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL5 2LD

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Source: St Albans

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