25/00343/LDC

1. 4 Apr 2025

   Received by Watford

2. 29 May 2025

   Decision issued: Grant Lawful Development Certificate

3. 26 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 26/00417/TPO Granted

  51 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1HP

  Works to tree/s under TPO.86 - T5 Lime- prune branches encroaching onto fence by 0.5m.

  4 Jun 2026 78m away Trees
• 26/00470/DISCON Awaiting decision

  50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

  Details submitted for Condiiton 3 (Demolition Environmental Management Plan) pursuant to planning permission - 23/01101/VARM orignal 22/00484/FULM.

  22 Jun 2026 85m away Conditions
• 22/00751/TPO Granted

  11 Monmouth Road Watford Hertfordshire WD17 1QW

  Works to trees under TPO.104 - T5 and T6 Beech - to reduce crown on both Beech trees by 1.5-2m

  8 Jun 2022 86m away Trees
• 25/00413/TPO Granted

  51 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1HP

  Works to trees under TPO104 T9 x 3 caucasian wingnut remove dead wood over 50mm diameter dead/dying limb on the west side over hanging third party property 4-5m above ground level and T4 x 2 sycamore reduce crown in height by 5m and shape

  28 Apr 2025 87m away Trees
• 25/01060/VARM Awaiting decision

  50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

  Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 9 (offsite highways improvements to amend fire strategy and introduce second stair core to residential tower with associated layout and elevational changes) of planning permissions 22/00484/FULM and 23/01101/VARM - updated drawing and report - (amended plans)

  2 Dec 2025 89m away Conditions
• 26/00456/FUL Decided

  46 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1HE

  Replacement roof plant

  16 Jun 2026 94m away Full applications

• 26/00416/LDC Granted

  249 Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3HH

  Lawful Development Certificate for a loft extension incorporating a rear flat-roof dormer and installation of three rooflights to the front roof slope, Garage conversion and front porch canopy.

  4 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00485/LDC Granted

  Shrodells Unit Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB

  Lawful development certificate for proposed single storey extension to Shrodells Unit

  26 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00555/LDC Awaiting decision

  81 Tudor Walk Watford Hertfordshire WD24 7NZ

  Lawful Development Certificate for a hip-to-gable roof enlargement, rear dormer, alterations to the roof of the existing two-storey rear extension and associated rooflights.

  20 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00549/LDC Awaiting decision

  4 Field Road Watford WD19 4DR

  Lawful Development Certificate to replace single storey rear extension.

  17 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00396/LDC Granted

  14 Swiss Avenue Watford WD18 7LN

  Lawful Development Certificate for proposed loft conversion including rear dormer extension, two rear-facing windows and x3 front rooflights

  27 May 2026 Lawful development