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227 St Albans Road Watford WD24 5BH

26/00208/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 28 May 2026

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for commencement of development of planning permission 23/00287/FUL

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Callowland
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 69 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 227 St Albans Road Watford WD24 5BH. Watford has handled 593 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 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 25 applications across Callowland. We hold 538 applications in total for the WD24 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
WD24 5BH
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Target decision date
15 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Ian Stephenson 202 High Street Hornchurch RM12 6QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14746906
Comments
0
Documents
14
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.

Source: Watford

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