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The Barn 1 Watford House Lane Watford WD17 1BJ

19/00654/ADVAdvert ApplicationRefused
Advertisement consent

Refused on 1 August 2019

Council decision: Advertisement RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Consent to display an external illuminated advertisement hoarding measuring 25m x 6.5m on the north facade.

Received
6 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Barn 1 Watford House Lane Watford WD17 1BJ. Watford has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in 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.

100% of advertising 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 1BJ
Application type
Advert Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2019
Consultation expiry
25 July 2019
Consultation start
4 July 2019
Consultation end
25 July 2019
Last date for comments
25 July 2019
Target decision date
1 August 2019
Permission expires
1 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Paul O'Neill 4 Underwood Row London N1 7LQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 July 2019
Site notice end
24 July 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07909189
Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 23-37 The ParadeRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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, 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 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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