25/00538/LDC

1. 9 Jun 2025

   Received by Watford

2. 18 Jun 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 13 Aug 2025

   Decision issued: Refuse Lawful Development Certificate

4. 26 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

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

• 25/00499/HPD Refused

  8 Woodhurst Avenue Watford WD25 9RQ

  The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.50m for which the maximum height would be 4.00m and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.50m

  28 May 2025 0m away Prior approval
• 25/00182/LDC Granted

  16 Woodhurst Avenue Watford WD25 9RQ

  Lawful Development Certficate for an outbuilding that is 7 meters wide and 3.5 meters long at the back of the garden

  3 Mar 2025 31m away Lawful development
• 23/00853/FULH Decided

  10 Wilcon Way Watford Hertfordshire WD25 9FQ

  Erection of a single storey rear extension.

  20 Sep 2023 48m away Householder
• 22/00452/FULH Decided

  28 Garston Lane Watford WD25 9QL

  Demolish existing garage and erect single storey rear and side extension including fenestration alterations

  4 Apr 2022 60m away Householder
• 25/00495/FULH Decided

  8 Garston Lane Watford WD25 9QJ

  Erection of single storey side and rear extension

  27 May 2025 74m away Householder
• 23/01045/FULH Refused

  8 Garston Lane Watford WD25 9QJ

  Proposed Single Storey Front Porch with Single Storey Side and Rear Extension with Hip to Gable and Rear Dormer to Form Loft Conversion

  14 Nov 2023 74m away Householder

• 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