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89 Durban Road West Watford WD18 7DS

25/00925/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 11 November 2025

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for loft conversion with rear balustrade balcony, side roof light, three front roof lights and solar panels. Installation of ground floor oriel window, door opening and interior alterations.

Received
16 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Vicarage
Agent
ES Architecture Ltd
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 89 Durban Road West Watford WD18 7DS. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Vicarage. We hold 323 applications in total for the WD18 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
WD18 7DS
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
ES Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
ES ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Mr Edward Seamn 57 Chester Road Watford WD18 0RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14405880
Comments
0
Documents
15
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.

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