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78 High Road Watford WD25 7LJ

Refused Watford 20/00691/FUL Full Planning Permission

Works: Demolition Domestic

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Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 3 x 3 bed dwellings

As published by the council, reference 20/00691/FUL

Application record

Reference
20/00691/FUL
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse Planning Permission
Received
8 Jul 2020
Validated
8 Jul 2020
Decided
27 Aug 2020
Ward
Woodside
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WD25 7LJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Watford register

This site has had 4 applications since 2020: 2 approved, 2 refused.

  • 26/00164/REM Granted

    78 High Road Watford WD25 7LJ

    Application for approval of Reserved Matters for Condition 1 (Access) pursuant to outline planning permission 25/00220/OUT

    Decided 12 Aug 2026 Reserved matters
  • 25/00220/OUT Granted

    78 High Road Watford WD25 7LJ

    Outline application for demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a new block of 4 homes, bin/cycle store and fencing.

    Decided 17 Jul 2025 Outline
  • 20/00375/OUT Refused

    78 High Road Watford WD25 7LJ

    Demolish existing extended house and construct a new block of 5 cluster homes, with 6 parking spaces at the front and seperate rear gardens including bin stores and shed cycle stores.

    Decided 29 May 2020 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Jul 2020

    Received by Watford

  2. 27 Aug 2020

    Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

39 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Watford 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 full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

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  • 78 High Road Watford WD25 7LJ

    25/00220/OUT Submitted 10 Mar 2025 50 yards away

    Outline application for demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a new block of 4 homes, bin/cycle store and fencing.

    Granted Outline Demolition 18 docs
    Domestic

  • 78 High Road Watford WD25 7LJ

    20/00375/OUT Submitted 3 Apr 2020 50 yards away

    Demolish existing extended house and construct a new block of 5 cluster homes, with 6 parking spaces at the front and seperate rear gardens including bin stores and shed cycle stores.

    Refused Outline Demolition 35 docs
    Small domestic

  • 78 High Road Watford WD25 7LJ

    26/00164/REM Submitted 2 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Application for approval of Reserved Matters for Condition 1 (Access) pursuant to outline planning permission 25/00220/OUT

    Granted Reserved matters 16 docs

  • 78 High Road Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LJ

    22/01168/REM Submitted 4 Oct 2022 50 yards away

    Application for approval of Reserved Matters for Condition 1 (No development shall commence until details of the: a) Access b) Landscaping (hereinafter referred to as "the Reserved Matters") have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority) pursuant to outline planning permission 21/01869/OUT

    Granted Reserved matters 10 docs

  • 78 High Road Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LJ

    22/01169/DISCON Submitted 4 Oct 2022 50 yards away

    Details submitted for Condition 5 (No construction works shall commence until details of the materials to be used for all the external finishes of the building, including walls, roof, dormers, porch, doors, windows and rainwater goods have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out only in accordance with the approved materials.) pursuant to planning permission 21/01869/OUT

    Granted Conditions Extension Loft or dormer +1 3 docs
    Small domestic

  • 78A High Road Watford WD25 7LJ

    21/01855/FULH Submitted 21 Dec 2021 50 yards away

    Proposed single storey wrap around extension with roof lights and internal changes.

    Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer 14 docs
    Small domestic

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    Received 15 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Full applications
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