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49 Francis Road Watford Hertfordshire WD18 0QE

23/00301/HPDHouseholder Permitted DevelopmentApproved
Householder

Approved on 28 April 2023

Council decision: HPD Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.63m for which the maximum height would be 3.59m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.26m

Received
5 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target17 May
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 49 Francis Road Watford Hertfordshire WD18 0QE. Watford has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks 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 323 applications in total for the WD18 postcode area.

70% of outline 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 0QE
Application type
Householder Permitted Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2023
Consultation expiry
26 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 April 2023
Target decision date
17 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Edward Seaman 57 Chester Road Watford WD18 0RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12071389
Comments
0
Documents
9
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

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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.

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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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