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1 Local Board Road Watford WD17 2JP

21/00390/LDCLawful Development CertificateRefused

Refused on 27 April 2021

Council decision: Refuse Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for a single storey rear extension.

Received
17 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1 Local Board Road Watford WD17 2JP. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
WD17 2JP
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2021
Consultation expiry
7 April 2021
Consultation start
17 March 2021
Consultation end
7 April 2021
Last date for comments
7 April 2021
Target decision date
12 May 2021
Decision issued
28 April 2021
Permission expires
28 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Peter Wells Walnut Tree Cottage 6 Crafton Leighton Buzzard LU7 0QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09622164
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Land and buildings at 252-272 Lower High StreetRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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