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132 To 136 (evens) And 136a, High Street And 1 To 9 (odds), King Street, And 13 Smith Street, Watford WD17 2EN

19/01219/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 December 2019

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of first floor restaurant into 8 No. residential units and alterations, including cutting back the existing roof in line with the existing second floor residential roof terraces.

Received
22 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Central
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 132 To 136 (evens) And 136a, High Street And 1 To 9 (odds), King Street, And 13 Smith Street, Watford WD17 2EN. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 12 listed buildings 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.

79% 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 2EN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2019
Consultation expiry
15 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
17 December 2019
Decision issued
4 December 2019
Permission expires
4 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss Molly How The Observatory Castle Hill Drive Castle Hill Ebbsfleet DA10 1EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 October 2019
Advertisement expiry
15 November 2019
Site notice start
25 October 2019
Site notice end
15 November 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08235308
Documents
18
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: High Street and King Street
  • 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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