197 Harwoods Road Watford WD18 7RP
Approved on 4 February 2026
Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of rear infill extension including x2 velux windows to roof slope and rear access disability ramp
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Vicarage
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation2 Jan
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at 197 Harwoods Road Watford WD18 7RP. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
79% 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 7RP
- Application type
- Full householder
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2026
- Decision issued
- 5 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 5 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 27 King Street Westminster
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Corner of Park Avenue and Rickmansworth RoadRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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.
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