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4-6 Essex Road Watford WD17 4EL

11/01081/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 27 January 2012

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of 2 no houses into 8 no self-contained flats.

Received
7 November 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Nascot
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 72 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 4-6 Essex Road Watford WD17 4EL. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Nascot. We hold 1,591 applications in total for the WD17 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
WD17 4EL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2011
Consultation expiry
23 December 2011
Neighbour consultation start
21 November 2011
Neighbour consultation end
12 December 2011
Last date for comments
23 December 2011
Target decision date
11 January 2012
Committee meeting
26 January 2012
Decision issued
31 January 2012
Application expires
11 January 2012
Permission expires
31 January 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Alan Ward Lion Boathouse Eel Pie Island Twickenham TW1 3DY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 December 2011
Advertisement expiry
23 December 2011

Additional information

Documents
84
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Nascot
  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2012
    30 Jul

    Non-Material amendment to planning permission 11/01081/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment12/00751/NONMAT
  2. 2012
    31 May

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 11/01081/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment12/00535/NONMAT
  3. 2012
    27 Apr

    Details submitted regarding condition 3 (materials) of Planning Permission 11/01081/FUL

    Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions12/00397/DISCON
  4. 2012
    27 Apr

    Details submitted regarding condition 4 (means of enclosure) of planning permission 11/01081/FUL

    Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions12/00398/DISCON
  5. 2012
    27 Apr

    Details submitted regarding condition 5 (landscaping scheme) of planning permission 11/01081/FUL

    Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions12/00399/DISCON
  6. 2011
    7 Nov

    Conversion of 2 no houses into 8 no self-contained flats.

    This applicationConditional Planning PermissionFull11/01081/FUL

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