56 Gladstone Road Watford WD17 2RB
Refused on 6 December 2019
Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from a 6 bed House of Multiple Occupancy (C4 Class) to a 7 bed House of Multiple Occupancy (Sui Generis).
- Received
- 28 October 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Central
- ReceivedReceived28 Oct
- ValidatedValidated31 Oct
- Consult.Consultation22 Nov
- TargetTarget Date26 Dec
- DecidedDecided6 Dec
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 56 Gladstone Road Watford WD17 2RB. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Central. We hold 1,594 applications in total for the WD17 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
- WD17 2RB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 October 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 22 November 2019
- Consultation start
- 8 November 2019
- Consultation end
- 22 November 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 November 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 November 2019
- Target decision date
- 26 December 2019
- Permission expires
- 6 December 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 20/00035/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal Dismissed
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08252251
- Documents
- 27
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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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