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6 Colonial Way Watford WD24 4PT

11/00740/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 September 2011

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from commercial trailer spares and hire plus servicing (B1 and B8) to vehicle rentals (Sui Generis).

Received
15 July 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tudor
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.5 Aug
  4. Target9 Sep
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 6 Colonial Way Watford WD24 4PT. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Tudor. 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 4PT
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2011
Consultation expiry
5 August 2011
Neighbour consultation start
15 July 2011
Neighbour consultation end
5 August 2011
Last date for comments
5 August 2011
Target decision date
9 September 2011
Decision issued
9 September 2011
Application expires
9 September 2011
Permission expires
9 September 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Jim Gran 25 Cobb Green Watford Herts WD25 7H2

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
32
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 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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