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86 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Rq

Granted St Albans 5/2025/1061 (Minor) Dwellings

Works: Demolition Domestic

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing 4 bedroom house and construction of replacement 5 bedroom dwelling with attic accommodation and landscaping works, including air source heat pump and air conditioning units and solar panels

As published by the council, reference 5/2025/1061

Application record

Reference
5/2025/1061
Type
(Minor) Dwellings
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: DC3 Conditional Permission
Received
2 Jun 2025
Validated
25 Jun 2025
Decided
19 Aug 2025
Ward
Harpenden West
Parish
Harpenden Town
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL5 2RQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the St Albans register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 5/2026/0452 Granted

    86 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Rq

    Discharge of Condition 7 (noise assessment) of planning permission 5/2025/1061 dated 19/08/2025 for Demolition of existing 4 bedroom house and construction of replacement 5 bedroom dwelling with attic accommodation and landscaping works, including air sou

    Decided 1 May 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Received by St Albans

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Aug 2025

    Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission

  4. 15 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

40 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St Albans granted permission on 19 August 2025, 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

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