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70 Westlea Avenue Watford WD25 9DN

25/00848/FULHFull householderRefused
Householder

Refused on 7 January 2026

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective application for use of existing annex for sleeping ancillary to the dwellinghouse

Received
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Meriden
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 70 Westlea Avenue Watford WD25 9DN. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 9 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Meriden. We hold 498 applications in total for the WD25 postcode area.

80% of full 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
WD25 9DN
Application type
Full householder
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2025
Consultation expiry
21 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2025
Target decision date
16 January 2026
Permission expires
7 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Anthony Adler 16 Francklyn Gardens Edgware HA8 8RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Appeal history

6004774
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 April 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14339781
Documents
10
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.

Source: Watford

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