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26 Exchange Road Watford WD18 OPP

06/00195/FULMMajor Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 18 May 2006

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a 9 storey mixed-use building comprising B1(a), D1 and A2 uses on the ground and 1st floor levels, 134no. residential units on the 2nd to 8th floors, with basement parking , communal open space and access off Upton Road and Exchange Road

Received
17 February 2006
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Central
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 26 Exchange Road Watford WD18 OPP. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Central.

80% of full applications at Watford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Major Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
134

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2006
Consultation expiry
27 March 2006
Neighbour consultation start
21 February 2006
Neighbour consultation end
14 March 2006
Last date for comments
27 March 2006
Target decision date
14 April 2006
Committee meeting
25 April 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address
45 High Street Odiham Hook Hants RG29 1LF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 March 2006
Site notice end
27 March 2006

Additional information

Documents
92

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land at 14-20 Upton RoadRegister 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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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