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258 - 260 St Albans Road Watford WD24 4AX

17/01588/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 January 2018

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor area from A1 Retail kitchen showrooms to A3 Restaurant use.

Received
13 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Callowland
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 258 - 260 St Albans Road Watford WD24 4AX. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
WD24 4AX
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2017
Consultation expiry
19 December 2017
Consultation start
28 November 2017
Consultation end
19 December 2017
Neighbour consultation start
28 November 2017
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2017
Last date for comments
19 December 2017
Target decision date
2 February 2018
Decision issued
30 January 2018
Permission expires
30 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr T Smith The Design Studio Station House Station Road Luton Beds LU4 9BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    31 Jan

    Details submitted for condition 2 (extraction, ventilation, filtration and deodorizing of cooking fumes…

    Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions19/00119/DISCON
  2. 2017
    13 Nov

    Change of use of ground floor area from A1 Retail kitchen showrooms to A3 Restaurant use.

    This applicationConditional Planning PermissionAmendment17/01588/COU

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