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Frogmore House 273 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2HU

25/00184/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 17 July 2025

Council decision: Grant Listed Building ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal and external alterations including repair/repainting works, alterations to internal stud walls, installation of new doors, replacement flooring/ceilings/new plug sockets, provision of security/safety fencing/ balustrades,installation of new kitchen and soft playground, erection of signage and various safety measures to facilitate the use of the building as a childrens nursery

Received
3 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target18 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 136 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for signage at Frogmore House 273 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2HU. Watford has handled 37 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 12 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

84% of all 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 2HU
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2025
Consultation expiry
8 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 April 2025
Target decision date
18 July 2025
Permission expires
17 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Richard Conroy 37 Beresford Avenue Hanwell London W7 3AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
137 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13807930
Comments
0
Documents
55
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Sep

    Details submitted for Condition 3 (Internal and external alterations including repair/repainting works…

    Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions25/00808/DISCON
  2. 2025
    3 Mar

    Internal and external alterations including repair/repainting works, alterations to internal stud walls…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent25/00184/LBC
  3. 2025
    27 Feb

    Consent to display non illuminated sign to outer boundary wall

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside25/00167/ADV

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