Planning application
86 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Rq
Works: Demolition Domestic
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0452
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/0452
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Discharge of Condition - Approved
- Received
- 6 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 30 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 1 May 2026
- 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.
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5/2025/1061 Granted
86 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Rq
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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Mar 2026
Received by St Albans
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30 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 May 2026
Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Approved
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27 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 1 May 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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