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63-67 Hempstead Road Watford WD1 3HD

06/00576/FULMMajor Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 25 July 2006

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Redevelopment to form 47 sheltered apartments plus house manager's accommodation, communal facilities and parking.

Received
8 May 2006
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Park
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated8 May
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 78 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 63-67 Hempstead Road Watford WD1 3HD. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Park. We hold 24 applications in total for the WD1 postcode area.

79% 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

Postcode
WD1 3HD
Application type
Major Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 May 2006
Consultation expiry
30 May 2006
Neighbour consultation start
13 November 2006
Neighbour consultation end
30 May 2006
Last date for comments
30 May 2006
Target decision date
3 July 2006
Committee meeting
25 July 2006
Decision issued
27 July 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Homelife House 26-32 Oxford Road Bournemouth BH8 8EZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Allowed
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
209

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Civic CorePart of the site
  • 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, 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

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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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