Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

23/01176/DISCONDischarge of conditionsPending Decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Details submitted for Condition 6(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) (external fabric works ground floor) pursuant to planning permission 22/01238/LBC

Received: 18 December 2023
Decided: 27 February 2024 · Discharge of Condition
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Watford Borough Council
Ward: Park

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

ReceivedSubmitted18 Dec
ValidatedValidated18 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date12 Feb
DecidedDecided27 Feb

Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Watford96% of conditions applications approved

This is an application to discharge conditions at Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX. Watford has handled 505 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Watford's median. The site is in the Civic Core conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Park. We hold 1,528 applications in total for the WD17 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

23/01176/DISCON

Address

Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

Postcode

WD17 3EX

Local Authority

Watford

Application Type

Discharge of conditions

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Conditions

Current Status

Approved

Ward

Park

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address

Mr Mark Ellson 5-7 London Road St Albans AL1 1LA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

18 December 2023

Target Decision Date

12 February 2024

Date Decided

27 February 2024

Date Validated

18 December 2023

Date Submitted

18 December 2023

Permission Expires

27 February 2029

Planning Decision

Decision

Discharge of Condition

Decided By

Delegated Decision

Statutory Period

56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID

PP-12680888

Comments

Documents

Constraints

Coordinates

51.659397, -0.403074

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Watford

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Associated applications

Planning history at this site

4 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Civic Core
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 (21)

flood storage 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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