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23 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QB

12/00341/CONConservation Area ConsentApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 20 April 2012

Council decision: No further actionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conservation area application for raising flat roof above existing rear extension, enlarging existing dormer window in rear elevation and associated alterations

Received
16 April 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a dormer extension at 23 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QB. Watford has handled 37 applications of this type. This one was decided in 4 days, 6 weeks 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.

84% of all 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 2QB
Application type
Conservation Area Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2012
Consultation expiry
18 May 2012
Neighbour consultation start
16 April 2012
Neighbour consultation end
7 May 2012
Last date for comments
18 May 2012
Target decision date
11 June 2012
Application expires
11 June 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss Sophy Harford Abbotts House 198 Lower High Street Watford Hertfordshire WD17 2FF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 April 2012
Advertisement expiry
18 May 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01912464
Documents
14
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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