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77 Shaftesbury Road Watford WD17 2RG

25/00912/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 4 November 2025

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for loft conversion with rear L-shaped dormer and front facing roof light

Received
13 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 77 Shaftesbury Road Watford WD17 2RG. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 2RG
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2025
Target decision date
8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Nathan Turner 28 Freemans Close Stoke Poges SL2 4ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14399492
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    13 Oct

    Lawful Development Certificate for loft conversion with rear L-shaped dormer and front facing roof light

    This applicationApprovedAmendment25/00912/LDC
  2. 2025
    13 Oct

    The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside25/00913/HPD

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