Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

47 Broadstone Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Rd

Awaiting decision St Albans 5/2026/1216 Householder

Works: Extension Loft or dormer Roofing Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Proposed garage conversion to habitable accommodation, front extension in line with existing garage, construction of new entrance porch with associated roof alterations, erection of a single-storey rear extension incorporating rooflights (within permitted

As published by the council, reference 5/2026/1216

Application record

Reference
5/2026/1216
Type
Householder
Status
Under Consideration
Received
24 Jun 2026
Validated
25 Jun 2026
Ward
Harpenden South
Parish
Harpenden Town
Postcode
AL5 1RD

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Jun 2026

    Received by St Albans

  2. 25 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 23 Sep 2026

    Status changed to Under Consideration

    Previously Under Consultation.

  5. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 20 August 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

10 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

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 householder applications in a median of 110 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About householder applications

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 8 Linwood Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Rr

    5/2026/0434 Submitted 6 Mar 2026 100 yards away

    Single storey rear extension and loft conversion

    Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer 10 docs
    Small domestic
  • 64 Broadstone Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Re

    5/2025/1571 Submitted 22 Aug 2025 150 yards away

    Single storey rear extension

    Granted Householder Extension 9 docs
    Small domestic
  • 15 Fovant Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Rn

    5/2026/0896 Submitted 6 May 2026 150 yards away

    Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 3.60m in height x 6.00m in depth with 3.00m height to eaves

    Granted Prior approval Extension 13 docs
    Small domestic
  • 15 Fovant Close Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Rn

    5/2026/1391 Submitted 20 Jul 2026 150 yards away

    75% historically approved · decision due ~15 Sep

    Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Proposed single-storey rear extension extending 6.0 metres beyond the original rear wall of the dwelling, with an eaves height of 3.0 metres and an overall height of less than 4.0 metres. The proposal includes the de

    Awaiting decision Lawful development Extension 7 docs
    Small domestic
  • 14 Cranbourne Drive Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Rl

    TP/2024/0660 Submitted 11 Dec 2024 150 yards away

    T1 Hawthorn (precarious lean) - Fell

    Granted Trees 3 docs
  • 31 Broadstone Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Rb

    5/2026/0862 Submitted 1 May 2026 150 yards away

    Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Part of the existing garage to be converted with side windows and alterations to openings

    Granted Lawful development Windows or glazing 5 docs

In St Albans

  • 5/2026/0517 Granted

    28 White Hedge Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Tt

    Proposed two-storey rear extension, loft conversion, and alterations to the existing front entrance porch

    Received 16 Mar, published by the council 31 Aug 2026 Householder
  • 5/2026/1055 Granted

    39 Oakwood Drive St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Ul

    Erection of a part single-storey, part two-storey wraparound extension, loft conversion including a rear dormer and rooflights, and construction of a front porch

    Received 1 Jun, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Householder
  • 5/2026/1278 Granted

    39 Foxcroft St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 5Ss

    Proposed C3 residential extension including two storey front and single storey front and side with internal alterations

    Received 1 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Householder
  • 5/2026/1170 Granted

    20 Nimrod Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 9Xy

    Extension of existing raised rear terrace with privacy screening and associated alterations to rear fenestration

    Received 17 Jun, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Householder
  • 5/2026/1338 Granted

    16 Hunters Ride Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Lx

    Proposed front porch

    Received 11 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Householder