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53 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QB

18/01392/FULHFull householderApproved
Householder

Approved on 28 January 2019

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of velux roof windows. Insertion of roof vent tile. Addition of soil pipe. Replacement front door. Removal of existing small tree in front garden. Removal of three courses of brickwork parallel to the tiled path. Replacement of existing gravel in front garden with Staffordshire blue sett or similar. (Amended Description)

Received
31 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 53 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QB. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 6 weeks 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.

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 2QB
Application type
Full householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2019
Consultation expiry
5 December 2018
Neighbour consultation start
2 November 2018
Neighbour consultation end
23 November 2018
Last date for comments
5 December 2018
Target decision date
27 February 2019
Permission expires
28 January 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 November 2018
Advertisement expiry
30 November 2018
Site notice start
13 November 2018
Site notice end
5 December 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07391559
Comments
0
Documents
14
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

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.

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