Waste
St Albans City & District
Information about bin collection days in Harpenden, recycling, and household waste and recycling centres.
https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/environmentandwaste/rubbish-waste-and-recycling/default.aspx
Household waste and recycling centres
A Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) is a place where you can go to recycle a wide range of materials from your home.
Location: Dark Lane, off Grove Road. AL5 1QB
Left off the High Street into Southdown, which changes into Grove Road. Dark Lane is the first left after Piggottshill Lane.
Opening hours: 10am-6pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday (all year)
Closed: Thursday and Friday
Street Sweeping
Sweeping and litter picking roads and paths
St Albans City & District Council is responsible for keeping public areas of the district clean, safe, tidy and attractive.
https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/environmentandwaste/street-care-and-cleaning/
Roads, Pavements & Verges
Hertfordshire County Council are responsible for roads pavements and grass verges. If there is a problem on a road, pavement or grass verge please contact the County Council directly:
Planning
Planning Harpenden
The Town Council is given the opportunity to consider the application before passing on a recommendation (if applicable) to the Planning Authority at St Albans District Council.
http://www.harpenden.gov.uk/planning
Planning St Albans
Find out about the planning process, planning policy and the Council’s Building Control Service.
https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/planning/
Highways & Roadworks
Check for current roadworks in Harpenden with this map from a national database that is linked to all Local Authority’s Street Works systems. It is updated every few minutes.
http://www.harpenden.gov.uk/roadworks
Report a problem
If you wish to report a problem relating to the highway, such as a faulty streetlight, pothole or the like. Please log them on the Hertfordshire Highways fault reporting page as follows: