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Unit 27 Orbital 25 Business Park Dwight Road Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9DA

25/1780/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor area from Use Class B2/B8 to Class E, installation of 2no. doors to front elevation

Received
15 October 2025
Decision due
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Moor Park And Eastbury
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 25 November.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 27 Orbital 25 Business Park Dwight Road Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9DA. Three Rivers has handled 1,363 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Moor Park And Eastbury. We hold 323 applications in total for the WD18 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Three Rivers District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WD18 9DA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Batchworth Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025
Consultation expiry
25 November 2025
Consultation end
25 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14405421
Documents
16
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Three Rivers

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