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117 Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3HE

11/01116/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 1 December 2011

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for loft conversion into habitable space involving a rear dormer.

Received
16 November 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 117 Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3HE. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 5 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Park. We hold 1,594 applications in total for the WD17 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
WD17 3HE
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2011
Consultation expiry
17 November 2011
Neighbour consultation end
17 November 2011
Last date for comments
17 November 2011
Target decision date
12 January 2012
Decision issued
9 December 2011
Application expires
12 January 2012
Permission expires
9 December 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Barry McRobb 128 High Street Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01709378
Documents
25
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2011
    16 Nov

    Lawful development certificate for loft conversion into habitable space involving a rear dormer.

    This applicationApprovedAmendment11/01116/LDC
  2. 2011
    16 Nov

    Erection of ground floor front, rear and side extensions and garage conversion

    Conditional Planning PermissionHouseholderFiled alongside11/01117/FULH

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