The Colosseum Rickmansworth Road Watford WD17 3JN

24/00850/NONMATNon-material amendment of PPApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 October 2024

Council decision: Application GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission 22/00623/LBC for 1. Back Office 02 Addition of Tea Point to serve back offices. 2. Store Cleaners Store converted to general store. 3. Ventilation Supply and extract grilles added to East Elevation to serve the Back Office

Received: 10 September 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Watford Borough Council
Ward: Park

ReceivedReceived10 Sep
ValidatedValidated10 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date8 Oct
DecidedDecided15 Oct

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Colosseum Rickmansworth Road Watford WD17 3JN. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Civic Core conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Park. 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 3JN
Application type: Non-material amendment of PP
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 September 2024
Target decision date: 8 October 2024
Permission expires: 15 October 2029

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13393603
Comments: 0
Documents: 19
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Civic Core
Listed building: Grade II: Watford Town HallOn or next to this site
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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Watford

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