Planning application
Rothamsted Research West Common Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Jq
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference 5/2017/2546
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2017/2546
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Discharge of Condition - Approved
- Received
- 6 Sep 2017
- Validated
- 18 Sep 2017
- Decided
- 8 Nov 2017
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL5 2JQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Sep 2017
Received by St Albans
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18 Sep 2017
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Nov 2017
Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Approved
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30 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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St Albans granted permission on 8 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.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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