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99 St Albans Road Watford WD17 1SN

17/01104/FULMMajor Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 May 2018

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

(REVISED PLANS) The redevelopment of the former Lloyds Bank site, with the retention of the front façade of the bank building to provide a mixed use scheme four storey extension on the roof for 14 residential units 12 x 1-bedroom flats and two 2-bedroom flats on the first to fourth floor (Class C3) and retail units (Class A1 and/or A2 and/or A3 uses,) on the ground floor, with associated cycle parking, car parking, and public realm improvements

Received
4 August 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Nascot
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 285 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 99 St Albans Road Watford WD17 1SN. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 285 days, 34 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Nascot conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Nascot. 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 1SN
Application type
Major Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2017
Consultation expiry
21 February 2018
Neighbour consultation start
10 May 2018
Neighbour consultation end
21 February 2018
Last date for comments
21 February 2018
Target decision date
21 May 2018
Committee meeting
16 May 2018
Decision issued
17 May 2018
Permission expires
17 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr David Marshallsay Studio 5C Thane Works Studio 5C, Thane Works London N7 7NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
290 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 August 2017
Advertisement expiry
8 September 2017

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Allowed
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06138752
Documents
73
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: Nascot
  • 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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