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55A Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QB

18/00287/OPDClass O Permitted DevelopmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 April 2018

Council decision: PPD Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for the change of use of the first floor of the building from light industrial use (Class B1c) to residential use (Class C3) as a single dwelling

Received
1 March 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received1 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 55A Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QB. Watford has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Estcourt conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 2QB
Application type
Class O Permitted Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2018
Consultation expiry
6 April 2018
Consultation start
6 March 2018
Consultation end
27 March 2018
Last date for comments
6 April 2018
Target decision date
27 April 2018
Permission expires
27 April 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 March 2018
Advertisement expiry
6 April 2018
Site notice start
16 March 2018
Site notice end
6 April 2018

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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