21 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QB

12/00511/LDCLawful Development CertificateRefused

Refused on 14 June 2012

Council decision: Refuse Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective lawful development certificate for a basement flat.

Received: 25 May 2012
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Watford Borough Council
Ward: Central

ReceivedReceived25 May
ValidatedValidated25 May
Consult.Consultation28 May
TargetTarget Date20 Jul
DecidedDecided14 Jun

Decided in 20 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 21 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QB. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 4 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.

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 2QB
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 May 2012
Consultation expiry: 28 May 2012
Neighbour consultation end: 28 May 2012
Last date for comments: 28 May 2012
Target decision date: 20 July 2012
Decision issued: 15 June 2012
Application expires: 20 July 2012
Permission expires: 15 June 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

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.

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© 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.

Source: Watford

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