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268 Hempstead Road Watford WD17 4LY

26/00474/HPDHouseholder Permitted DevelopmentAwaiting decision
Householder
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 8.00m for which the maximum height would be 3.00m and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.00m

Received
23 June 2026
Decision due
10 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Nascot
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.20 Jul
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 July.

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About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 268 Hempstead Road Watford WD17 4LY. Watford has handled 222 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Nascot. We hold 1,594 applications in total for the WD17 postcode area.

70% of outline 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
WD17 4LY
Application type
Householder Permitted Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026
Consultation expiry
20 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15026329
Comments
0
Documents
7
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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