Sir John Lawes School Manland Way Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4QP
Proposal
Proposed development of a single storey teaching block with music practice rooms, performance studio and classrooms including extension to existing car park and landscaping at Sir John Lawes School Manland Way Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4QP
- Submitted
- 27 October 2025
- Decided
- 25 February 2026 · DC3 Conditional Permission
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden East
- ReceivedSubmitted27 Oct
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Feb
Decided in 121 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 121 days, 9 weeks 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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Associated applications
- 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…
This applicationDC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2025/1978 - No date
Discharge of Condition 3 (materials) of planning permission 5/2025/1978
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2026/1021
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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)
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