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Waterfields Retail Park Watford WD17 2EU

24/00462/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 11 July 2024

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed use of the existing ground floor units B and C for any use falling within Use Class E in order for the amalgamated units to be occupied by a single tenant requiring a maximum of 30% of the total ground floor space for the sale of food

Received
15 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Waterfields Retail Park Watford WD17 2EU. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2EU
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2024
Target decision date
10 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ms Louise Bending 70 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1AF2

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13027969
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Land at Waterfields Retail ParkRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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

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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