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52A Gade Avenue Watford Hertfordshire WD18 7LG

25/01008/FULHFull householderRefused
Householder

Refused on 8 January 2026

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of single storey rear ground floor extension with flat, pitched roof over garage and new glazing. New roof design with front gable, angled walls and rear 70 degrees mansard at the rear and proposal to raise the ridge by 300mm

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 52A Gade Avenue Watford Hertfordshire WD18 7LG. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Park. 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 7LG
Application type
Full householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2025
Consultation expiry
11 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 December 2025
Target decision date
9 January 2026
Permission expires
8 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ms Ioana Ungureanu 40 Lisle Close London SW17 6LB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14486888
Comments
0
Documents
35
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: WatfordPart of the site
  • Registered park and garden: Cassiobury ParkPart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Cassiobury ParkPart of the site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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, 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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