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154 Chester Road Watford Hertfordshire WD18 0LJ

23/00723/FULHFull householderRefused
Householder

Refused on 11 October 2023

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of single storey rear, side extension.

Received
17 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Vicarage
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 154 Chester Road Watford Hertfordshire WD18 0LJ. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer 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.

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
WD18 0LJ
Application type
Full householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2023
Target decision date
12 October 2023
Permission expires
11 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Shamshad Ali 23 Brackendale Grove Luton LU3 2LT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12333547
Documents
7
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.

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