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P G Butchers (James Butchers) 216 St Albans Road Watford WD24 4AU

11/00661/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 4 August 2011

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing rear of the shop office store (Class A1) into self contained 1no studio flat (Class C3).

Received
28 June 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Callowland
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.20 Jul
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at P G Butchers (James Butchers) 216 St Albans Road Watford WD24 4AU. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Callowland. We hold 538 applications in total for the WD24 postcode area.

86% of amendment 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
WD24 4AU
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2011
Consultation expiry
20 July 2011
Neighbour consultation start
29 June 2011
Neighbour consultation end
20 July 2011
Last date for comments
20 July 2011
Target decision date
24 August 2011
Decision issued
8 August 2011
Application expires
24 August 2011
Permission expires
8 August 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Dalraj Bancil 2nd Floor 27-29 The Broadway Southall Middlesex UB1 1JY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01536222
Documents
31
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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

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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