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1A Garston Drive Watford WD25 9LB

19/01177/FULHFull householderRefused
Householder

Refused on 18 December 2019

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed conversion of existing garden building, accommodation for an elderly relative.

Received
11 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stanborough
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1A Garston Drive Watford WD25 9LB. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. 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 9LB
Application type
Full householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2019
Consultation expiry
13 November 2019
Consultation start
23 October 2019
Consultation end
13 November 2019
Neighbour consultation start
23 October 2019
Neighbour consultation end
13 November 2019
Target decision date
18 December 2019
Permission expires
18 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
2

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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