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Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

Granted Watford 20/00741/NONMAT Non-material amendment of PP

Works: Windows or glazing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Non-Material amendment to Planning Permission 17/01511/FULM to reduce overall floor to floor height - top FFL below 30m. Reduced ceiling void in top floors to lower overall height of the parapets. All cladding panels replaced by contrasting colour brickwork. All glazed balustrading replaced with vertical PPC metal railing. Ventilation louvers to window systems omitted and replaced with brick panels. Cill height of full height windows reduced by 150mm. Amendment to brick banding dimensions (reductions in banding height & increased clearance above window heads). Car park configuration revised following amendments to plant/refuse/cycle stores. Proposed Parking spaces = 56 spaces Proposed cycling spaces = 145 spaces accessed internally via car park. Refuse stores all externally accessed from the south side of the car park 1100l recycling bins = 19 bins, 1100l waste bins = 18 bins, 240l garden waste = 14 bins

As published by the council, reference 20/00741/NONMAT

Application record

Reference
20/00741/NONMAT
Type
Non-material amendment of PP
Status
Approved
Decision
Application Granted
Received
21 Jul 2020
Validated
24 Jul 2020
Decided
7 Sep 2020
Ward
Oxhey
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Watford register

This site has had 14 applications since 2018: 3 approved, 2 refused.

  • 26/00612/DISCON Awaiting decision

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Details submitted for Condition 26. (remediation verification report) pursuant to planning permission 17/01511/FULM

    Submitted 6 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 22/01395/DISCON Decided

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Details submitted for Condition 24 (Ground montitoring and ground maintenance report) pursuant to planning permission 19/01342/VARM

    Decided 2 Dec 2022 Conditions
  • 22/00894/DISCON Decided

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Details submitted for Condition 24 (ground water monitoring - deep boreholes only) and Condition 26 (Verification Report - Block A only) pursuant to planning permission 19/01342/VARM

    Decided 18 Jul 2022 Conditions
  • 21/01728/NONMAT Granted

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Non - material amendment to planning permission 19/01342/VARM (revised plans condition 30)

    Decided 4 Dec 2021 Amendments
  • 20/01254/NONMAT Granted

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Non-material amendment of planning permission 19/01342/VARM for the removal of Condition 4 to allow for the development to take place in accordance with details previously submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority under application 18/00908/DISCON (to discharge the requriements of Condition 2 of permission 17/01543/FULM).

    Decided 14 Nov 2020 Amendments
  • 19/01342/VARM Decided

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permissions 19/00131/VAR and 17/01543/FULM for the development of a 253 unit residential care community (C2 planning use class) for people above 55 years of age and with communal facilities including health club, swimming pool, café/restaurant and a multi-purpose village hall with associated landscaping, amenity space, access and parking and provision of a new path to link Stripling Way with the wider development site. Variation to change balcony glass balustrades to metal railing balustrades due to changes to Building Control Regulations.

    Decided 1 Jun 2020 Conditions
  • 19/01316/DISCON Refused

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Details submitted for Condition 4 (details of materials to be used as external finishes including walls, roofs, doors, windows and balconies) pursuant to planning permission 17/01511/FULM

    Decided 20 Mar 2020 Conditions
  • 19/01267/DISCON Refused

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Details submitted for Condition 8 (piling and foundation) pursuant to planning permission 17/01511/FULM

    Decided 19 Mar 2020 Conditions
  • 19/01233/DISCON Decided

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Details submitted for Condition 6 (road surfacing materials) pursuant to planning permission 18/00460/FUL

    Decided 20 Mar 2020 Conditions
  • 19/00970/DISCON Decided

    Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

    Details submitted for Condition 22, 23, 24 (Foundation Works Risk Assessment, Block E) pursuant to planning permission 17/01511/FULM

    Decided 5 Feb 2020 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Jul 2020

    Received by Watford

  2. 24 Jul 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Sep 2020

    Decision issued: Application Granted

  4. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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What this grant of permission means

Watford granted permission on 7 September 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.

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