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169 Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HA

19/01256/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 6 December 2019

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a 6-bedroom C4 class HMO to a 7-bedroom sui-generis HMO.

Received
30 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Vicarage
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 169 Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HA. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Vicarage. We hold 323 applications in total for the WD18 postcode area.

86% of amendment 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 0HA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2019
Consultation expiry
29 November 2019
Consultation start
8 November 2019
Consultation end
29 November 2019
Neighbour consultation start
8 November 2019
Neighbour consultation end
29 November 2019
Target decision date
25 December 2019
Permission expires
6 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
20/00014/REF
Appeal status
Appeal Allowed
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08260130
Documents
20
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.

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.

Source: Watford

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