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138-144 Lower Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Ha

Granted St Albans 5/2017/2949 Minor Commercial Development

Works: Windows or glazing

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

Proposal

Conversion of existing garage to plant room, replacement outbuilding with associated service runs, new shopfront with replacement customer entrance and new goods entrance, associated ramps and handrails (resubmission following refusal of 5/2017/1712)

As published by the council, reference 5/2017/2949

Application record

Reference
5/2017/2949
Type
Minor Commercial Development
Status
Approved
Decision
DC3 Conditional Permission
Received
17 Oct 2017
Validated
18 Oct 2017
Decided
26 Jan 2018
Ward
Harpenden East
Parish
Harpenden Town
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL5 5HA

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 5/2016/3077 Granted

    138-144 Lower Luton Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Ha

    Advertisement consent - Display of two internally illuminated and two non-illuminated fascia signs, one internally illuminated logo, one internally illuminated projecting sign and one non-illuminated wall mounted aluminium panel

    Decided 10 Feb 2017 Advertising

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Oct 2017

    Received by St Albans

  2. 18 Oct 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Jan 2018

    Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission

  4. 10 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

13 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St Albans granted permission on 26 January 2018, 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 this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on St Albans's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

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    Granted Advertising 17 docs
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