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Watford Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Watford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,027Searchable applications
115Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 899 approved or refused records
153Refused applications
746 approved · 153 refused · 10 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Sept 2024 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Contact planning enforcementLocal plan Planning policy and local planPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 directions in Watford
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas10 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Approved25/00803/FULH
Erection of first floor extension with new roof, rear loft dormer and front and side roof lights and interior alteration
11 Garden Close Watford Hertfordshire WD17 3DP
Received 3 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00804/LDC
Lawful Development Certificate for erection of outbuilding to existing residential dwelling
11 Garden Close Watford Hertfordshire WD17 3DP
Received 3 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00805/FULH
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
86 High Road Watford WD25 7LJ
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00806/LDC
Lawful Development Certificate for a ground floor infill extension and rear dormer extension with front roof lights.
395 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7PA
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00807/VAR
Variation of Condition 2 (Approved drawings), Condition 4 (Access arrangements) Condition 5 (Construction Management Plan), Condition 3 (Soft landscaping of planning permission 21/01239/FUL. (AMENDED DRAWINGS)
Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00808/DISCON
Details submitted for Condition 3 (Internal and external alterations including repair/repainting works, alterations to internal stud walls, installation of new doors, replacement flooring/ceilings/new plug sockets, provision of security/safety balustrades,installation of new kitchen and soft playground, erection of signage and various safety measures to facilitate the use of the building as a childrens nursery) pursuant to planning permission 25/00184/LBC
Staffing Match Frogmore House 273 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2HU
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00809/TPO
Works to trees under TPO's: TPO1. Oak - Reduce crown between 1.5-2m. TPO2. Yew - Raise the low canopy all round
St Michaels And All Angels Church Mildred Avenue Watford WD18 7DY
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00810/FULH
Erection of first floor rear extension
44 Middle Way Watford WD24 6HL
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00811/FULH
Erection of single storey side and rear extension, plus single porch extension to form a granny annex to the original house
1 Beechwood Rise Watford Hertfordshire WD24 6SE
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Refused25/00812/FUL
Retention of class E with the addition of hot food takeaway (sui generis) and installation of kitchen extraction flue ventilation unit(amended description and additional information received)
71 - 73 Market Street Watford WD18 0PR
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Refused25/00813/FULH
Erection of single storey side and rear extension
65 Kings Avenue Watford WD18 7SB
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00814/DISCON
Details submitted for Condition 3 (internal and external alterations including repair/repainting works, alterations to internal stud walls, installation of new doors, replacement flooring/ceiling/new plug sockets, provision of security/safety fencing/balustrades, installation of new kitchen and soft playground erection of signage and vaious safety measures to facilitate the use of the building as a Childrens Nursery) pursuant to planning permission 25/00185/FUL
Staffing Match Frogmore House 273 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2HU
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00815/FUL
Installation of 3 new first floor windows
W H Sports Club Limited 8 Park Avenue Watford WD18 7HP
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00816/FUL
Alterations to shopfront
VPZ 105 High Street Watford WD17 2DQ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00817/VAR
Variation to conditions 1 (approved drawings) and 27 (part m compliance) for variation of Condition 1 attached to Planning Permission 22/01481/VARM dated 27 September 2023 for variation of Condition 2 (revisions of approved plans) of planning permission 18/00842/FULM
29 - 43 Sydney Road Watford WD18 7PZ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Refused25/00818/DISCON
Details submitted for Condition 4 (no development shall commence until a surface water drainage strategy and sustainable drainageprinciples has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The drainage strategy should demonstrate the surface water run-off generated up to and including 1 in 100 year + climate change critical storm will not exceed the run-off from the undeveloped sitefollowing the corresponding rainfall event. The scheme shall subsequently be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the development is completed) pursuant to planning permission 23/01184/VAR
Fishers Industrial Estate Wiggenhall Road Watford
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00819/FULH
Erection of single storey rear extension and conversion of garage into habitable room
233 Cassiobury Drive Watford WD17 3AN
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00820/HPD
The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6.0m for which the maximum height would be 3.0m and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.0m
62 Wiggenhall Road Watford WD18 0AL
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Refused25/00821/DISCON
Details submitted for Condition 1 (external materials) pursuant to planning enforcement appeal APP/Y1945/C/24/3340866
21 Langley Road Watford WD17 4PS
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00823/FULH
Erection of front first floor bay window, ground floor rear facade alterations, floor plan redesign and all associated works
50 Gladstone Road Watford WD17 2RB
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00824/LDC
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed L shape dormer extension, internal alterations, floor plan redesign and all associated works
50 Gladstone Road Watford WD17 2RB
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00825/FULH
Erection of a single storey rear and side extension and part of first floor extension and demolish and build a gym room.
20 Orchard Drive Watford WD17 3DY
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Approved25/00826/FULH
Demolition of existing outbuilding, and erection of new outbuilding for use as garden office and store.
102 Pinner Road Watford WD19 4EH
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Refused25/00827/FUL
Change of Use of rear part of ground floor from commercial (Class E) to a residential studio flat (Class C3) with internal reconfiguration.
Rear Of 291 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7NN
Received 10 Sept 2025
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Watford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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