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Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

26/00517/ADVAdvert ApplicationPending Decision
Advertisement consent

Proposal

Consent to display progress flag on existing flag pole outside entrance to Town Hall

Received
7 July 2026
Target decision date
1 September 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided
7 weeks typical decision time in Watford100% of advertising applications approved

This is an advertising consent application at Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX. Watford has handled 132 applications of this type and approves 85% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. It was submitted on 7 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Civic Core conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Park. We hold 1,528 applications in total for the WD17 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00517/ADV
Address
Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX
Postcode
WD17 3EX
Local Authority
Watford
Application Type
Advert Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Pending consideration
Ward
Park

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
7 July 2026
Target Decision Date
1 September 2026
Date Validated
7 July 2026
Date Submitted
7 July 2026

Planning Decision

Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15063616
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
2
Coordinates
51.659397, -0.403074
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Watford

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Civic Core
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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