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22 Upton Road Watford WD18 0JP

11/00943/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 10 November 2011

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor offices (Class A2) into 1no 1 bedroom flat and 1no 2 bedroom flat (Class C3).

Received
15 September 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 22 Upton Road Watford WD18 0JP. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Central. We hold 323 applications in total for the WD18 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
WD18 0JP
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2011
Consultation expiry
7 October 2011
Neighbour consultation start
16 September 2011
Neighbour consultation end
7 October 2011
Last date for comments
7 October 2011
Target decision date
10 November 2011
Application expires
10 November 2011
Permission expires
10 November 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
29 Magnolias Gravelpit Road Flitwick Bedfordshire MK45 1JX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
60
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.

  • Brownfield land register: Land at 14-20 Upton 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 (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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