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Unit C 100 Cecil Street Watford WD24 5AQ

24/00296/CTRComm. COU to Dwelling Prior AppApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 May 2024

Council decision: Grant MA Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of change of use of Unit C, first floor office (Class E), to one bedroom flat (Class C3). No external changes are proposed.

Received
26 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Callowland
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Unit C 100 Cecil Street Watford WD24 5AQ. Watford has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Callowland. We hold 538 applications in total for the WD24 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
WD24 5AQ
Application type
Comm. COU to Dwelling Prior App
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2024
Consultation expiry
25 April 2024
Neighbour consultation end
25 April 2024
Target decision date
30 May 2024
Decision issued
23 May 2024
Permission expires
23 May 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
East Lodge Essex Lane Kings Langley Herts WD4 8PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6
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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