Planning application
22-24 Grove Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Px
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Discharge of Condition 27 (SuDS Verification Report) of planning permission 5/2022/2735 dated 21/03/2024 for Demolition of existing buildings and construction of 75 bed care home with associated parking and amenity space, alterations to access and associa
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0122
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/0122
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Discharge of Condition - Approved
- Received
- 23 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 26 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 24 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Harpenden South
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL5 1PX
Site history
Applications at this address on the St Albans register
This site has had 2 applications since 2017: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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5/2017/3209 Refused
22-24 Grove Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Px
Outline application (access, layout and scale sought) for demolition of existing and construction of three blocks comprising four, one bedroom and 39, two bedroom flats with associated underground and surface level parking, amenity space and associated wo
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Jan 2026
Received by St Albans
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26 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Approved
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27 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 24 April 2026, 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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