19 Rothamsted Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2DN
Approved on 28 January 2026
Council decision: DC3 Conditional Permission3 conditions
Proposal
Proposed external air conditioning plant unit within an acoustic covering at 19 Rothamsted Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2DN
- Submitted
- 18 September 2025
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- Agent
- Araco Design Studio Architects Ltd
- ReceivedSubmitted18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 132 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 19 Rothamsted Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2DN. St Albans has handled 3,966 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 11 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 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 2DN
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Consultation expiry
- 22 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Araco Design Studio Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- ARACO DESIGN STUDIO ARCHITECTS LTD
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.
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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202513 Aug
Replacement of existing boundary front wall at 19 Rothamsted Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2DN
DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholder5/2025/1523 - 202323 Aug
Installation of eight rear solar panels, and two rear conservation rooflights and new resin driveway
DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholder5/2023/1796
Source: St Albans
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