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16 Ridgehurst Avenue Leavesden Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7AY

26/00175/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed hip to gable loft conversion including rear dormer and 3x front roof lights

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
TR Leavesden
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 16 Ridgehurst Avenue Leavesden Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7AY. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across TR Leavesden. We hold 498 applications in total for the WD25 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
WD25 7AY
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
TR Abbots Langley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Olayinka Labulo 32 Jocelyn Street Peckham SE15 5QJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14748550
Comments
0
Documents
16

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    3 Mar

    The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house…

    PendingHouseholderFiled alongside26/00172/HPD
  2. 2026
    3 Mar

    Erection of a two storey side extension and single storey rear extension.

    RefusedHouseholderFiled alongside26/00173/FULH
  3. 2026
    3 Mar

    Lawful development certificate for proposed hip to gable loft conversion including rear dormer and 3x front…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment26/00175/LDC

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