Unit 5 Faircross House 116 The Parade High Street Watford WD17 1BD
Refused on 2 February 2012
Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of ground floor from retail (Class A1) to restaurant (Class A3).
- Received
- 22 November 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Central
- ReceivedReceived22 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Dec
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date15 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 5 Faircross House 116 The Parade High Street Watford WD17 1BD. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 3 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Civic Core conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Central. We hold 1,591 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 1BD
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 December 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 30 January 2012
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 January 2012
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 January 2012
- Last date for comments
- 30 January 2012
- Target decision date
- 15 February 2012
- Application expires
- 15 February 2012
- Permission expires
- 2 February 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Ian Stephenson Grovewood House 155 Abbs Cross Gardens Hornchurch Essex RM12 4FS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 December 2011
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 December 2011
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-01715704
- Documents
- 59
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Civic Core
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20258 May
Consent to display an externally illuminated advertisement sign to be mounted on the front elevation of the…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/00437/ADV - 20127 Feb
Change of use of ground floor from retail (Class A1) to restaurant (Class A3).
Conditional Planning PermissionChange of Use12/00126/COU
Source: Watford
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