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9B Rosebery Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qt

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2026/0409 Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)

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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Erection of a single-storey detached outbuilding within the rear garden of the dwellinghouse

As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0409

Application record

Reference
5/2026/0409
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)
Status
Under Consideration
Received
3 Mar 2026
Validated
4 Mar 2026
Ward
Harpenden West
Parish
Harpenden Town
Postcode
AL5 2QT

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Mar 2026

    Received by St Albans

  2. 4 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 29 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    St Albans took a median of 76 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with St Albans for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St Albans decided lawful development applications in a median of 71 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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