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57-59 Intu Watford High Street Watford WD17 2TD

19/01234/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 December 2019

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing pavement to allow external seating

Received
24 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
Agent
Richard Pedlar Architects
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 57-59 Intu Watford High Street Watford WD17 2TD. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 2TD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2019
Consultation expiry
22 November 2019
Consultation end
18 November 2019
Neighbour consultation start
28 October 2019
Neighbour consultation end
18 November 2019
Target decision date
19 December 2019
Permission expires
12 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Richard Pedlar Architects
Agent address
4 Grove Road Redland Bristol BS6 6UJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 November 2019
Site notice end
22 November 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08243750
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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