Planning application
Mothercare HQ 1 Cherry Tree Road Watford WD24 6SH
Works: New dwelling
Relates to 19/00799/OPD
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Notification of proposed change of use from Class B1 (office) to Class C3 (residential) to provide 110 residential flats (amended scheme to 19/00799/OPD)
As published by the council, reference 19/01479/OPD
Application record
- Reference
- 19/01479/OPD
- Type
- Class O Permitted Development
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Grant OPD Prior Approval
- Received
- 24 Dec 2019
- Validated
- 2 Jan 2020
- Decided
- 27 Feb 2020
- Ward
- Leggatts
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WD24 6SH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Watford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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19/00272/OPD Refused
Mothercare HQ 1 Cherry Tree Road Watford WD24 6SH
Notification of proposed change of use from Class B1 (office) to Class C3 (residential)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Dec 2019
Received by Watford
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2 Jan 2020
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Feb 2020
Decision issued: Grant OPD Prior Approval
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22 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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19/00799/OPD Granted
Mother Care HQ 1 Cherry Tree Road Watford WD24 6SH
Notification of proposed change of use from Class B1 (office) to Class C3 (residential).
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Watford granted permission on 27 February 2020, 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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
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Mother Care HQ 1 Cherry Tree Road Watford WD24 6SH
Notification of proposed change of use from Class B1 (office) to Class C3 (residential).
Granted Full applications 19 docs -
Mothercare HQ 1 Cherry Tree Road Watford WD24 6SH
Notification of proposed change of use from Class B1 (office) to Class C3 (residential)
Refused Prior approval 29 docs -
Yeatman Court 1 Cherry Tree Road Watford
Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 22/00639/FUL for a reduction in car parking spaces from 103 to 101. Changes to the boundary wall facing Cherry Tree Road; the existing boundary wall is to be updated with new brick piers to suit existing, a low brick wall to replace the concrete wall, and a new metal rail fixed down into the brick wall. Alterations to the patio area to the ground floor flats; a reduction in depth of patio area from 3.6m to 2.4m and redesign of the enclosing edging and railings; steps from the doors added to patio level.
Granted Amendments New dwelling Trees 8 docsSmall domestic -
1 Cherry Tree Road Watford WD24 6SH
Notification of proposed change of use from Class B1 (office) to Class C3 (residential)
Granted Prior approval 28 docs -
Former Mothercare HQ 1 Cherry Tree Road Watford WD24 6SH
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/00455/AAPA for relocation of louvres, addition of back painted glass arrangement to windows and curtain walling and revised treatment of cornices
Granted Amendments Windows or glazing 14 docs -
Former Mothercare HQ 1 Cherry Tree Road Watford WD24 6SH
Details submitted for Condition 4 (windows) pursuant to planning permission 21/00455/AAPA
Decided Conditions Windows or glazing 13 docs
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