Planning application
Unit 8 Century Court Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9RS
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use: Use of property as single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)
As published by the council, reference 25/1147/CLED
Application record
- Reference
- 25/1147/CLED
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: refused
- Received
- 4 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 4 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 12 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Moor Park And Eastbury
- Parish
- Batchworth Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WD18 9RS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Three Rivers register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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24/0298/FUL Withdrawn
Unit 8 Century Court Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9RS
Erection of cycle storage
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23/1731/PDM Granted
Unit 8 Century Court Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9RS
Prior approval: Change of use of existing ground floor office (Use Class E(g)) to one dwelling (Use Class C3).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Jul 2025
Received by Three Rivers
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12 Feb 2026
Decision issued: refused
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Three Rivers refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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Unit 8 Century Court Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9RS
Prior approval: Change of use of existing ground floor office (Use Class E(g)) to one dwelling (Use Class C3).
Granted 22 docsDomestic -
Unit 8 Century Court Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9RS
Erection of cycle storage
Withdrawn Full applications 13 docs -
Unit 6 And 8 Century Court Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire
Prior Approval: Change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to 4no. residential dwellings (Use Class C3)
Withdrawn 29 docs -
Unit 6, Unit 7 And Unit 8 Century Court Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9RS
89% historically approved · decision due ~15 Oct
Construction of three storeys to existing building; change of use of units 6 and 8 from Class E to Class C3; construction of 26 self-contained residential flats; associated parking, cycle and refuse storage, private and communal amenity space, and landscaping
Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling 31 docs -
Ved House Tolpits Lane Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD18 9AF
Construction of two additional storeys to existing flats to provide an additional 9no. one-bedroom (C3) residential flats with associated parking spaces
Refused Full applications New dwelling 45 docs -
Unit 6 Century Court Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire
Prior Approval: Change of use from existing office (Use Class B1) to (Use Class C3) dwelling
Granted 24 docsDomestic
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