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227 St. Albans Road Watford WD24 5BH

13/00329/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 September 2013

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of the first floor accommodation and the provision of additional accommodation within roofspace at second floor level to provide a House in Multiple Occupancy including new front entrance and disabled ramp, change to fenestration and replacement of fire escape to stairs to side. (Amended description)

Received
29 March 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Callowland
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 227 St. Albans Road Watford WD24 5BH. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 15 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Callowland. We hold 538 applications in total for the WD24 postcode area.

79% 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
WD24 5BH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2013
Consultation expiry
20 May 2013
Neighbour consultation start
29 April 2013
Neighbour consultation end
20 May 2013
Last date for comments
20 May 2013
Target decision date
3 September 2013
Decision issued
3 September 2013
Application expires
3 September 2013
Permission expires
3 September 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Ian Stephenson Grovewood House 155 Abbs Cross Gardens Hornchurch Essex RM12 4FS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02553794
Documents
50
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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