Rooflight planning approval rate in Watford
84% of 140 decided rooflight applications in Watford were approved.
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
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84%
Approval rate, all years, from 140 decided
140
decided rooflight applications in Watford: 117 approved, 23 refused
83%
Recent rate, decided since 2022, from 58 decided
How to read these rates
These are historical outcomes for the applications in our archive, not the chance of approval for your property. Compare the same project type and read the decided count alongside each percentage.
About the planning data
Rate = approved divided by approved plus refused, using the decisions in our classified archive. Rates are withheld as unknown where fewer than 8 records of that project type were decided. Withdrawn applications are excluded.
Recent means records dated 2022 or later. Records without a year are excluded from the recent rate but remain in the all-years figure. Historical coverage varies by council, and duplicate application references may remain in the archive.
Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England. The wider 20.6 million application catalogue is accessible through PlanIT; it is not the dataset used to calculate these percentages.
Read the full methodology and coverage notes.
Project types and outcomes are classified from council records. Check the original application and decision notice before relying on an individual example. A page rebuild does not mean every council record has just been refreshed.
Example rooflight decisions in Watford
These examples deliberately include approved and refused applications where available. They are not a representative sample or a list of the latest decisions. Look up each reference on the council's planning search to read the plans and decision notice.
| Reference | Year | Decision | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25/00870/FULH | 2026 | Refused | Conversion of loft space to provide habitable accommodation, installation of two rear dormer windows and velux windows to the front elevation. 2 Nascot Street Watford WD17 4RB |
| 26/00033/LDC | 2026 | Approved | Lawful Development Certificate for a loft conversion to provide habitable accommodation including the construction of a rear dormer, Velux windows to the fro... 187 Briar Road Watford WD25 0HE |
| 24/01035/LDC | 2025 | Approved | Lawful Development Certificate for hip to gable-end loft conversion with rear dormer and 3x front rooflights 20 Orchard Drive Watford WD17 3DY |
| 24/01072/LDC | 2025 | Approved | Lawful Development Certificate for a loft conversion and rear dormer with roof lights. 19 Tudor Avenue Watford Hertfordshire WD24 7NU |
| 25/00415/FUL | 2025 | Refused | Raising the existing roof, constructing dormer windows and roof lights. The creation of 2No. self contained flats. Bin and cycle stores. Flat A And B 192 Queens Road Watford WD17 2NT |
| 25/00493/FULH | 2025 | Refused | Erection of a link to garage and construction of two rear dormer windows and insertion of two heritage roof lights to rear elevation (amended description) 23 Shepherds Road Watford WD18 7HU |
About the planning data
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
Other project types in Watford
- Single-storey rear extension 41%, 179 decided
- Two-storey rear extension 0%, 40 decided
- Wraparound extension 0%, 13 decided
- Side extension 27%, 37 decided
- Loft conversion and dormer 75%, 61 decided
- Outbuilding and garden room 63%, 8 decided
- Porch 36%, 14 decided
- Garage conversion 50%, 10 decided
- Basement unknown, 2 decided
- Window and door 84%, 19 decided