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37 The Chase Watford WD18 7JQ

25/01112/HPDHouseholder Permitted DevelopmentApproved
Householder

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: HPD Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.00m for which the maximum height would be 3.60m and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.60m

Received
24 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 37 The Chase Watford WD18 7JQ. Watford has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

70% of outline 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 7JQ
Application type
Householder Permitted Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2025
Consultation expiry
14 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 January 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
41 Swan Road West Drayton Middlesex UB7 7JZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14586538
Comments
0
Documents
5
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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