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24 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QA

12/00291/FULHFull householderApproved
Householder

Approved on 14 May 2012

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for demolition of existing rear extension and erection of new single storey rear extension

Received
30 March 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 24 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QA. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Estcourt conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Central. We hold 1,594 applications in total for the WD17 postcode area.

80% 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 2QA
Application type
Full householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2012
Consultation expiry
11 May 2012
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2012
Neighbour consultation end
20 April 2012
Last date for comments
11 May 2012
Target decision date
25 May 2012
Decision issued
15 May 2012
Application expires
25 May 2012
Permission expires
15 May 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PO Box 339 Watford WD19 4XB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 April 2012
Advertisement expiry
11 May 2012
Site notice end
11 May 2012

Additional information

Documents
30
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Estcourt
  • 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.

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.

Source: Watford

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