Planning application
Unit 6 Century Court Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Approval: Change of use from existing office (Use Class B1) to (Use Class C3) dwelling
As published by the council, reference 23/0152/PDM
Application record
- Reference
- 23/0152/PDM
- Type
- Commercial, business, service to Resi
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- approved
- Received
- 30 Jan 2023
- Validated
- 7 Feb 2023
- Decided
- 21 Sep 2023
- Ward
- Moor Park And Eastbury
- Parish
- Batchworth Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jan 2023
Received by Three Rivers
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7 Feb 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Sep 2023
Decision issued: approved
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
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Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
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