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2 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2QE

5/2025/1707FullApproved

Approved on 6 March 2026

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

First floor rear extensions, raising of ridge height to facilitate loft conversion to habitable accommodation with front and rear dormers and alterations to openings at 2 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2QE

Submitted
15 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 172 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 2 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2QE. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 172 days, 17 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. 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.

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 2QE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Consultation expiry
8 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Craig Lambert
Architect profile
CRAIG LAMBERT ASSOCIATES LIMITED

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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