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147 The Parade High Street Watford WD17 1NA

18/01285/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 30 November 2018

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate to seek the Council's confirmation that the lawful use of the first and second floors of No. 147 The Parade Watford is Class A1, since this floorspace has been used as ancillary accommodation in relation to the ground floor Class A1 retail use for more than 10 years.

Received
9 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided30 Nov

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 147 The Parade High Street Watford WD17 1NA. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Civic Core conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
WD17 1NA
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2018
Consultation expiry
9 October 2018
Neighbour consultation start
9 October 2018
Neighbour consultation end
9 October 2018
Last date for comments
9 October 2018
Target decision date
4 December 2018
Decision issued
3 December 2018
Permission expires
3 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Justin Mills Weltech Centre Ridgeway Welwyn Garden City AL7 2AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07231189
Documents
5
Constraints
4

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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