48 Kelmscott Crescent Watford Hertfordshire WD18 0NG
Approved on 27 January 2026
Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Retrospective planning permission for extension of single storey rear extension and garage conversion into a habitable space
- Received
- 23 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Holywell
- ReceivedReceived23 Oct
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation8 Dec
- TargetTarget Date28 Jan
- DecidedDecided27 Jan
Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 48 Kelmscott Crescent Watford Hertfordshire WD18 0NG. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Holywell. We hold 323 applications in total for the WD18 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
- WD18 0NG
- Application type
- Full householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 8 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Shamshad Ali 23 Brackendale Grove Luton LU3 2LT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 72 days
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.
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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