65 Princes Avenue Watford WD18 7RR

26/00069/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for rear/return dormer and 2 velux rooflights to front elevation

Received: 29 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Watford Borough Council
Ward: Vicarage

ReceivedReceived29 Jan
ValidatedValidated29 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Mar
DecidedDecided16 Feb

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 65 Princes Avenue Watford WD18 7RR. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 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 27 applications across Vicarage. We hold 323 applications in total for the WD18 postcode area.

86% of amendment 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 7RR
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 January 2026
Target decision date: 26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 16 South End Lane Northall LU6 2EX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14658282
Comments: 0
Documents: 8
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.

Source: Watford

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