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20 Swiss Avenue Watford WD18 7LN

19/01172/FULHFull householderApproved
Householder

Approved on 18 December 2019

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion to garage into habitable accommodation with internal alterations

Received
10 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 69 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 20 Swiss Avenue Watford WD18 7LN. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Park. We hold 323 applications in total for the WD18 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
WD18 7LN
Application type
Full householder
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Prabhjyot Singh 5th Floor Hyde Park Hayes-4 11 Millington Road Hayes UB3 4AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
71 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08215076
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    25 Nov

    Erection of single storey rear extension

    Conditional Planning PermissionHouseholder24/01080/FULH

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