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86 Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Rq

Granted St Albans 5/2026/0452 Discharge of Condition

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.

  • 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

    Decided 19 Aug 2025

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Mar 2026

    Received by St Albans

  2. 30 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 1 May 2026

    Decision issued: Discharge of Condition - Approved

  4. 27 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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What 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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