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St Margarets Flats 5 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Rb

Granted St Albans 5/2017/2490 Smale Scale Major - Dwellings

Works: New dwelling Demolition Major scheme

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

New building comprising eleven flats over three floors, with new access and associated landscaping and parking, following demolition of existing building and garage block (resubmission following approval 5/2017/1336 dated 15/08/2017)

As published by the council, reference 5/2017/2490

Application record

Reference
5/2017/2490
Type
Smale Scale Major - Dwellings
Status
Approved
Decision
DC3 Conditional Permission
Received
31 Aug 2017
Validated
3 Sep 2017
Decided
24 Nov 2017
Ward
Harpenden East
Parish
Harpenden Town
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL5 4RB

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2017: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 5/2017/2710 Granted

    St Margarets Flats 5 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Rb

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (samples of materials), 4 (hard surfacing), 10 (tree planting), 11 (landscape design proposals), 16 (cycle parking), 18 (waste management), 20 (slab levels) and 21 (cycle storage) of planning permission 5/2017/1336 dated 15/08/20

    Decided 20 Nov 2017 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Aug 2017

    Received by St Albans

  2. 3 Sep 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Nov 2017

    Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission

  4. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

28 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St Albans granted permission on 24 November 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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A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    5/2017/2710 Submitted 25 Sep 2017 0m away

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (samples of materials), 4 (hard surfacing), 10 (tree planting), 11 (landscape design proposals), 16 (cycle parking), 18 (waste management), 20 (slab levels) and 21 (cycle storage) of planning permission 5/2017/1336 dated 15/08/20

    Granted Conditions 11 docs

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