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Opposite 252-272 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2JJ

07/01732/ADVAdvert ApplicationApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 29 February 2008

Council decision: Advertisement ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of one advertisement on public highway

Received
20 December 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided29 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Opposite 252-272 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2JJ. Watford has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. 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.

100% of advertising 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 2JJ
Application type
Advert Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2008
Consultation expiry
14 February 2008
Consultation start
24 January 2008
Consultation end
14 February 2008
Neighbour consultation start
14 January 2008
Neighbour consultation end
4 February 2008
Last date for comments
14 February 2008
Target decision date
3 March 2008
Decision issued
3 March 2008
Application expires
3 March 2008
Permission expires
28 February 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
21
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Brownfield land register: Land and buildings at 247 Lower High StreetRegister site at or near this address

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.

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.

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