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137-139 Queens Road Watford WD17 2QL

06/00333/CONConservation Area ConsentApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 27 April 2006

Council decision: Grant Conservation Area ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conservation Area consent for demolition of existing building and erection of new two storey building to provide three no. 1 bed flats and five no. 2 bed flats including accommodation in the roof.

Received
10 March 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 137-139 Queens Road Watford WD17 2QL. Watford has handled 37 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Estcourt conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Central. We hold 1,594 applications in total for the WD17 postcode area.

84% of all 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

Postcode
WD17 2QL
Application type
Conservation Area Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2006
Target decision date
5 May 2006
Decision issued
4 May 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 Upton Road Watford Herts WD18 0JP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Estcourt
  • Brownfield land register: Land and garages between 139 and 149 Queens 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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

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© 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.

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