Planning application
3 - 5 Roundwood Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Bw
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of Conditions 11 (visibility splays), 12 (vehicular access) and 13 (limiting number of accesses) to reuse existing sites factory crossover to planning permission 5/2023/1849 dated 01/03/2024 for Three, three bedroom dwellings with new crossover
As published by the council, reference 5/2026/1242
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2026/1242
- Type
- (Minor) Dwellings
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: DC3 Conditional Permission
- Received
- 26 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 14 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 25 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Harpenden North & Rural
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL5 3BW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Jun 2026
Received by St Albans
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14 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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21 Aug 2026
Status changed to Under Consideration
Previously Under Consultation.
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25 Sep 2026
Decision issued: DC3 Conditional Permission
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St Albans granted permission on 25 September 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.
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