Wedgewood Hyde East Common Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 1DD Data via plota.co.uk

5/2026/1267 - HSE Approved

Proposal

Proposed erection of new garage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Validated
1 Jul 2026
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Approved
25 Aug 2026

Approved on 25 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Harpenden conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 3; Green belt about 11 m away: London; Inside the Harpenden built-up area; Open access land about 10 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Priority habitat about 33 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
St Albans
Application type
HSE
Postcode
AL5 1DD
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
1 Jul 2026
Ward
Harpenden South
Parish
HARPENDEN TOWN
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Aug 2026
Decision
DC3 Conditional Permission
Decision date
25 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 26 days faster than St Albans's median of 81 for extensions. Approved, as 85% of extensions here are.

28%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
633decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
322524PLN
Planning Portal ref
15037165
Comments by
15 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
23 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
25 Aug 2026
St Albans
Planning Authority Score
1.1/10
Poor
#290 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

St Albans is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #285 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 64% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
St Albans decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #180 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #226 of 296
29%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #285 of 296
64%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #278 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
130 decided (1-9 homes)
61%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,411
Total decisions
184 refused in the year to March 2026