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8 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QA

13/00294/LDCLawful Development CertificateRefused

Refused on 26 April 2013

Council decision: Refuse Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for a loft conversion with rear dormer and front rooflight windows

Received
21 March 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 8 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QA. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 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.

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 2QA
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 March 2013
Consultation expiry
26 April 2013
Neighbour consultation end
25 March 2013
Last date for comments
26 April 2013
Target decision date
16 May 2013
Decision issued
30 April 2013
Application expires
16 May 2013
Permission expires
30 April 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
44 Blackboy Wood Bricket Wood St Albans AL2 3LL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 April 2013
Advertisement expiry
26 April 2013

Additional information

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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