Planning appeal decision
12A Rose Gardens, Rhodes House, Watford, WD18 0JB
Planning appeal 3277015 at 12A Rose Gardens, Rhodes House, Watford, WD18 0JB (Watford Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 May 2022 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development meets the permitted development limitations and conditions of Class AA of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the GPDO.
prior approval pursuant to Class AA of the GPDO for the upward extension of two storeys
- Authority
- Watford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development meets the permitted development limitations and conditions of Class AA of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the GPDO
- Whether it complies with all of the detailed assessment criteria in paragraph AA.2(3)
What decided it
The property has been lawfully used as two separate flats, not a single dwellinghouse, and therefore does not meet the fundamental requirement for Class AA permitted development.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Watford
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Dismissed13 October 20266012547139 Horseshoe Lane, Watford, WD25 7HT
- Dismissed28 September 20266006990Land at, Netteswell The Crescent, Watford, WD18 0QW
- Allowed27 August 20266011690190 York Way, Watford, WD25 9RX
- Dismissed27 August 20266010362Rear Of 291 Whippendell Road, Watford, WD18 7NN
- Allowed27 August 2026600756620 the Glebe, Watford, WD250LR
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®