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Kingsway House 1 - 3 Evans Avenue Watford WD25 0EJ

19/01168/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 5 December 2019

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conversion and extension from office use class B1 to residential use class C3 with 4 individual units comprising 4 x 1 bed units.

Received
10 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Stanborough
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Kingsway House 1 - 3 Evans Avenue Watford WD25 0EJ. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Edwinstowe conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Stanborough. We hold 498 applications in total for the WD25 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
WD25 0EJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2019
Consultation expiry
1 November 2019
Consultation start
11 October 2019
Consultation end
1 November 2019
Neighbour consultation start
11 October 2019
Neighbour consultation end
1 November 2019
Target decision date
5 December 2019
Permission expires
5 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Bernard Lawrence Unit 12 58 Marsh Wall London E14 9TP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08154349
Documents
15
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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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