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Sir James Altham Pool Altham Way South Oxhey Watford Hertfordshire WD1 5HW

26/1160/PDNDAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Notification: Demolition of the pool building

Submitted
16 July 2026
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Sir James Altham Pool Altham Way South Oxhey Watford Hertfordshire WD1 5HW. Three Rivers has handled 4,297 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 24 applications in total for the WD1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WD1 5HW

Site constraints

Checking the site
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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Three RiversPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Former Sir James Altham School, South OxheyRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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