Planning application
St Margarets Flats 5 Crossway Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Rb
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
- Granted As published: 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.
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Aug 2017
Received by St Albans
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3 Sep 2017
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Nov 2017
Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission
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24 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
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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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