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135 The Parade High Street Watford WD17 1NA

17/01198/OPDClass O Permitted DevelopmentRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 November 2017

Council decision: Refuse OPD Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of prior approval for the proposed change of use of the first, second and third floors of the building from office use (Class B1a) to residential use (Class C3) as 17 no. flats with associated refuse and cycle store.

Received
23 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 135 The Parade High Street Watford WD17 1NA. Watford has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Civic Core conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Central. We hold 1,591 applications in total for the WD17 postcode area.

70% of outline 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 1NA
Application type
Class O Permitted Development
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
17

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2017
Consultation expiry
10 November 2017
Neighbour consultation start
27 November 2017
Last date for comments
10 November 2017
Target decision date
27 November 2017
Decision issued
27 November 2017
Permission expires
27 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Julian Sheldon 21 Clematis House Station Avenue Tile Hill Village Coventry CV4 9HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 October 2017
Advertisement expiry
10 November 2017

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Civic Core
  • Brownfield land register: Land to the rear of 125-127 The ParadeRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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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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