21 High Street Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2RU
Refused on 23 December 2025
Council decision: Advert RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Advertisement consent - Display of one free standing A board sign at 21 High Street Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2RU
- Received
- 3 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived3 Nov
- ValidatedValidated4 Nov
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date12 Dec
- DecidedDecided23 Dec
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 21 High Street Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2RU. St Albans has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 194 applications across Harpenden West. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.
86% of advertising 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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Why it was refused
- The display of the proposed advertisement would interfere with the free and safe flow of highway users through the part obstruction of the highway footway. The proposed advertisement is therefore contrary to Policies 78 and 90 of the St Albans District Local Plan Review and the National Planning Policy Framework.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- AL5 2RU
- Application type
- Advert
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 12 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 12 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 December 2025
- Application expires
- 29 December 2025
Applicant and agent
Gail's Limited
Company number 06055393
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 Jan 2007 (19 years old)
- Nature of business
- Licenced restaurants
- Registered office
- Hendon
3 other planning applications by this company in Cheltenham, Hammersmith and Fulham and North Hertfordshire.
- P/2026/02368/ADV · Hammersmith and Fulham · Unit 2, 181 King Street, London, W6 9JT
- 26/00613/LBC · Cheltenham · Russell&Bromley 100 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
- 26/00613/LBC · North Hertfordshire · The Biggin Queen Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AB
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14456419
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Harpenden
- Listed building: Harpenden Methodist Church High Street HarpendenOn or next to this site
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: St Albans
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