Planning application
Rothamsted Research West Common Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Jq
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Single storey grain store and single storey farm implement store following demolition of existing
As published by the council, reference 5/2016/3415
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2016/3415
- Type
- Small Scale Major - All Other Developments
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: DC3 Conditional Permission
- Received
- 16 Nov 2016
- Validated
- 6 Dec 2016
- Decided
- 7 Feb 2017
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL5 2JQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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5/2017/2546 Granted
Rothamsted Research West Common Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Jq
Discharge of Condition 8 (remediation strategy) to planning permission 5/2015/2379 dated 26/04/2016 for Demolition of existing Fisher building and construction of two, two storey blocks consisting of 46 ancillary Class C2 (residential institutions) units
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Nov 2016
Received by St Albans
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6 Dec 2016
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Feb 2017
Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission
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11 Oct 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
27 documents on file for this application
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St Albans granted permission on 7 February 2017, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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