15 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7LY

26/00073/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from a single dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a House of Multiple Occupation (Class C4) 6 bed; loft conversion with the erection of two dormers; erection of single storey rear extension

Received: 3 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Watford Borough Council
Ward: Vicarage

ReceivedReceived3 Feb
ValidatedValidated6 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 Apr
DecidedDecided24 Apr

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 15 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7LY. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 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.

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 7LY
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 February 2026
Target decision date: 3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Vishal Patel 62 Station Approach South Ruislip HA4 6SA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14667466
Documents: 13
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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