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26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

Refused Watford 18/01212/FUL Full Planning Permission

Works: New dwelling Demolition

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Demolition of the existing commercial units at the site and erection a 4-storey building comprising 9 residential flats and a retail unit on the ground floor. Provision of 7 car parking spaces at ground floor level with access from Aldenham Road together with a cycle store and refuse stores.

As published by the council, reference 18/01212/FUL

Application record

Reference
18/01212/FUL
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse Planning Permission
Received
20 Sep 2018
Validated
20 Sep 2018
Decided
23 Nov 2018
Ward
Oxhey
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WD19 4AA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Watford register

This site has had 9 applications since 2018: 6 approved, 3 refused.

  • 21/00424/ADV Refused

    26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    Consent to display x3 non-illuminated sign (banners)

    Decided 21 May 2021 Advertising
  • 20/00672/DISCON Granted

    26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    Details submitted for Condition 18 (Green Roof) pursuant to planning permission 17/00557/FUL Condition no.19 - This condition requires removal as it is no longer relevant.

    Decided 17 Aug 2020 Conditions
  • 20/00390/FUL Refused

    26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    Sub division of first and second floor duplex unit (Use class C3) and associated works to create two separate self contained units (Use Class C3)

    Decided 7 Jul 2020 Full applications
  • 19/01464/COU Granted

    26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    Change of use at ground floor from Class A1 (shops) to Class D2 (assembly and leisure)

    Decided 16 Mar 2020 Full applications
  • 19/00190/DISCON Granted

    26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    Details submitted for Condition 8 (site investigation and remediation) and Condition 9 (verification) pursuant to planning permission 17/00557/FUL Condition no.9 - Site investigation report & appendices

    Decided 22 Mar 2019 Conditions
  • 19/00095/NONMAT Granted

    26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    Non-material amendment to increase the size of the ground floor retail unit, reduce the parking provision to 2 spaces and alterations to the ground floor frontage. Replace 2 x 1 bedroom 2-person flats (Flats 3 and 7) to provide a 1 x 1-bedroom studio and a 1 x 1-bedroom 1-person unit.

    Decided 21 Feb 2019 Amendments
  • 18/01554/DISCON Granted

    26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    Details submitted for Condition 4 (schedule of proposed materials) and Condition 6 (proposed ventilation scheme) pursuant to planning permission 17/00557/FUL

    Decided 19 Sep 2019 Conditions
  • 18/01241/DISCON Granted

    26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    Details submitted for Condition 3 (retention of boundary wall) and Condition 7 (noise mitigation) pursuant to planning permission 17/00557/FUL.

    Decided 4 Mar 2019 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Sep 2018

    Received by Watford

  2. 23 Nov 2018

    Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission

  3. 2 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

32 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Watford refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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    20/00557/ADV Submitted 4 Jun 2020 50 yards away

    Consent to display 1 x internally illuminated fascia sign, 1 x internally illuminated projecting sign and 1 x internally illuminated other (door surround) sign

    Granted Advertising 6 docs

  • 26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    21/00424/ADV Submitted 23 Mar 2021 50 yards away

    Consent to display x3 non-illuminated sign (banners)

    Refused Advertising 6 docs

  • 26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    19/00190/DISCON Submitted 18 Feb 2019 50 yards away

    Details submitted for Condition 8 (site investigation and remediation) and Condition 9 (verification) pursuant to planning permission 17/00557/FUL Condition no.9 - Site investigation report & appendices

    Granted Conditions 13 docs

  • 26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    19/01464/COU Submitted 20 Dec 2019 50 yards away

    Change of use at ground floor from Class A1 (shops) to Class D2 (assembly and leisure)

    Granted Full applications 7 docs

  • 26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    19/00095/NONMAT Submitted 28 Jan 2019 50 yards away

    Non-material amendment to increase the size of the ground floor retail unit, reduce the parking provision to 2 spaces and alterations to the ground floor frontage. Replace 2 x 1 bedroom 2-person flats (Flats 3 and 7) to provide a 1 x 1-bedroom studio and a 1 x 1-bedroom 1-person unit.

    Granted Amendments New dwelling 14 docs

  • 26-28 Aldenham Road Watford WD19 4AA

    18/01554/DISCON Submitted 6 Dec 2018 50 yards away

    Details submitted for Condition 4 (schedule of proposed materials) and Condition 6 (proposed ventilation scheme) pursuant to planning permission 17/00557/FUL

    Granted Conditions 10 docs

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