20 Sheridan Road Watford WD19 4QL

26/00099/LDCLawful Development CertificateAwaiting decision

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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed conversion of existing garage to a habitable space

Received: 9 February 2026
Decision due: 7 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Watford Borough Council
Ward: Oxhey

ReceivedReceived9 Feb
ValidatedValidated10 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 Apr
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 20 Sheridan Road Watford WD19 4QL. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Oxhey. We hold 905 applications in total for the WD19 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: WD19 4QL
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 11 Marshalls Heath Lane Wheathampstead St Albans AL4 8HR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14687657
Comments: 0
Documents: 9
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Watford

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