Planning application
Oddstones House Thompsons Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Es
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use to Class C3 (residential) from Class to B1 (offices)
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/0915
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/0915
- Type
- Change of Use
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 8 May 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
- Postcode
- AL5 4ES
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 May 2026
Received by St Albans
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11 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 July 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
11 documents on file for this application
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