56 Estcourt Road Watford WD17 2PZ
Approved on 12 January 2026
Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Conversion of existing loft space into habitable space including rear dormer and x2 front rooflights
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Central
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 56 Estcourt Road Watford WD17 2PZ. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Estcourt conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- WD17 2PZ
- Application type
- Full householder
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 12 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Ross Bowditch Corner Cottage The Limes Felbridge RH19 2QY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Estcourt
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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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