Planning application
Land Adjacent To 1 Willow Lane Watford
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposed two storey 58 sqm 1 bedroom eco-house (C3 use class) with 52.3 sqm of amenity garden space and 135sqm of communal garden space for 6 existing flats within the curtilage of the site (Revised description)
As published by the council, reference 26/00139/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00139/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Conditional Planning Permission
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 23 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 1 May 2026
- Ward
- Vicarage
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- WD18 0JA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Feb 2026
Received by Watford
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23 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 May 2026
Decision issued: Conditional Planning Permission
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9 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Decent Goodfellow Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in Ilford
Active · incorporated 2016 · Ilford
5 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- FUL -DECISION
- OFFICER REPORT
- UNILATERAL UNDERTAKING
- BNG SMALL SITES METRIC
- CIL
- HERTFORDSHIRE HIGHWAYS
- COMBINED PLANNING STATEMENT AND DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PROPOSED GROUND AND LOWER GROUND FLOOR
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SITE - BLOCK PLAN
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF PLANS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND SECTIONS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED STREETSCENE
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ENERGY ANDS SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT
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Watford granted permission on 1 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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