The Spinney Watford WD17 4QF
Refused on 27 January 2025
Council decision: Refuse Part 20 Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for prior notification of development for a single-storey upward extension above each of the 3no. existing detached buildings, to provide residential flats, cycle parking and associated storage.
- Received
- 3 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Nascot
- ReceivedReceived3 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Dec
- Consult.Consultation26 Dec
- TargetTarget Date28 Jan
- DecidedDecided27 Jan
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for an extension at The Spinney Watford WD17 4QF. Watford has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Nascot. We hold 1,594 applications in total for the WD17 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
- WD17 4QF
- Application type
- Prior Approval detached buildings
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 December 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 26 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 28 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 27 January 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Billy Whitehead 12-18 Theobalds Road London Greater London WC1X 8SL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13557442
- Documents
- 71
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 Oct
Notification of development for a single-storey upward extension to Block A to provide 6no. residential…
PendingApplication26/00775/AAPA - 202510 Apr
Application for prior notification of development for a single-storey upward extension above each of the 3no…
RefusedPrior Approval detached buildings25/00355/AAPA
Source: Watford
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