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531 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7QB

Refused Watford 20/00453/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 existing detached house and replacement with a newly built block of 1 x 3 bed, 4 x 1 bed and 1 x 2 bed units

As published by the council, reference 20/00453/FUL

Application record

Reference
20/00453/FUL
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse Planning Permission
Received
5 May 2020
Validated
5 May 2020
Decided
30 Jun 2020
Ward
Holywell
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WD18 7QB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Watford register

This site has had 3 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 2 refused.

  • 23/00483/ADPA Refused

    531 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7QB

    Notification of a new upward extension to form extra storey and roof on existing dwelling house (Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA).

    Decided 21 Jul 2023
  • 23/00174/HPD Granted

    531 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7QB

    The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 8m for which the maximum height would be 2.9m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.7m

    Decided 31 Mar 2023 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 May 2020

    Received by Watford

  2. 30 Jun 2020

    Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

33 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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  • 531 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7QB

    23/00174/HPD Submitted 28 Feb 2023 50 yards away

    The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 8m for which the maximum height would be 2.9m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.7m

    Granted Prior approval Extension 23 docs
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  • 531 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7QB

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    Refused Extension 6 docs
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