Planning application
Harpenden House Hotel 18 Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Pe
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Advertisement consent - Display of non-illuminated freestanding sign
As published by the council, reference 5/2016/3043
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2016/3043
- Type
- Advert
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Refused As published: AC4 Advert Refusal
- Received
- 9 Oct 2016
- Validated
- 12 Oct 2016
- Decided
- 7 Dec 2016
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL5 1PE
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 5 applications since 2016: 4 approved, 1 refused.
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5/2017/2678 Granted
Harpenden House Hotel 18 Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Pe
Discharge of Condition 14 (boundary treatment) of planning permission 5/2016/0669 dated 21/09/2016 for Demolition of existing outbuildings and creation of 37 dwelling units comprising of refurbishment and conversion of existing listed building to create t
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5/2016/3677 Granted
Harpenden House Hotel 18 Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Pe
Discharge of Condition 22 (tree protection 2) of planning permission 5/2016/0669 dated 21/09/2016 for Demolition of existing outbuildings and creation of 37 dwelling units comprising of refurbishment and conversion of existing listed building to create tw
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5/2016/3681 Granted
Harpenden House Hotel 18 Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Pe
Discharge of Condition 8 (historical building report) of Listed Building consent 5/2016/0817 dated 21/09/2016 for Refurbishment and conversion of existing building to create three, two bedroom and two, three bedroom flats including associated internal wor
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5/2016/3015 Granted
Harpenden House Hotel 18 Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Pe
Discharge of Condition 6 (historic building report) of planning permission 5/2016/0669 dated 21/09/2016 for Demolition of existing outbuildings and creation of 37 dwelling units comprising of refurbishment and conversion of existing listed building to cre
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Oct 2016
Received by St Albans
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12 Oct 2016
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Dec 2016
Decision issued: AC4 Advert Refusal
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9 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
St Albans refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About advertisement consent applications
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