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50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

Refused Watford 22/00484/FULM Major Full Planning Permission

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

Proposal

Redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed use scheme including the provision of 247 build to rent residential units (Class C3) and 4,798sqm Class E floorspace in buildings ranging from 5 to 24 storeys with associated cycle parking, car parking, landscaping and amenity. (Amended Description)

As published by the council, reference 22/00484/FULM

Application record

Reference
22/00484/FULM
Type
Major Full Planning Permission
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse Planning Permission
Received
8 Apr 2022
Validated
8 Apr 2022
Decided
7 Sep 2022
Ward
Central
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
WD17 1TX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Watford register

This site has had 5 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/00470/DISCON Granted

    50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

    Details submitted for Condition 3 (Demolition Environmental Management Plan) pursuant to planning permission - 23/01101/VARM original 22/00484/FULM

    Decided 24 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 25/01060/VARM Awaiting decision

    50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 9 (offsite highways improvements to amend fire strategy and introduce second stair core to residential tower with associated layout and elevational changes) of planning permissions 22/00484/FULM and 23/01101/VARM - updated drawing and report - (amended plans)

    Submitted 2 Dec 2025 Conditions
  • 23/01101/VARM Awaiting decision

    50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

    Variation of condition 2. (approved plans) and condition 9.(offsite highway improvements in accordance with condition 2) to amend the fire strategy and introduce a second stair core to the residential tower, with associated layout and elevational changes pursuant to planning permission 22/00484/FULM

    Submitted 29 Nov 2023 Conditions
  • 21/00239/NONMAT Withdrawn

    50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 17/01433/FULM for Condition 3 (Drainage)- A drainage strategy detailing any on and /or off site drainage works must be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in consultation with the sewerage undertaker prior to completion of foundations. No discharge of foul or surface water from the site shall be accepted into the public system until the drainage works referred to in the strategy have been completed.

    Decided 2 Mar 2021 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Apr 2022

    Received by Watford

  2. 7 Sep 2022

    Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission

  3. 7 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

398 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

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Nearby applications

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  • 50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

    25/01060/VARM Submitted 2 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    95% historically approved · decision due ~3 Mar

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 9 (offsite highways improvements to amend fire strategy and introduce second stair core to residential tower with associated layout and elevational changes) of planning permissions 22/00484/FULM and 23/01101/VARM - updated drawing and report - (amended plans)

    Awaiting decision Conditions 46 docs
    Major scheme

  • 50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

    23/01101/VARM Submitted 29 Nov 2023 50 yards away

    95% historically approved · decision due ~19 Mar

    Variation of condition 2. (approved plans) and condition 9.(offsite highway improvements in accordance with condition 2) to amend the fire strategy and introduce a second stair core to the residential tower, with associated layout and elevational changes pursuant to planning permission 22/00484/FULM

    Awaiting decision Conditions 28 docs
    Major scheme

  • 50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

    26/00470/DISCON Submitted 22 Jun 2026 50 yards away

    Details submitted for Condition 3 (Demolition Environmental Management Plan) pursuant to planning permission - 23/01101/VARM original 22/00484/FULM

    Granted Conditions Demolition 7 docs

  • 50 Clarendon Road Watford WD17 1TX

    21/00239/NONMAT Submitted 18 Feb 2021 50 yards away

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 17/01433/FULM for Condition 3 (Drainage)- A drainage strategy detailing any on and /or off site drainage works must be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in consultation with the sewerage undertaker prior to completion of foundations. No discharge of foul or surface water from the site shall be accepted into the public system until the drainage works referred to in the strategy have been completed.

    Withdrawn Amendments 3 docs

  • Land Adjacent To 17 - 19 St Johns Road Watford WD17 1PW

    19/00132/FUL Submitted 4 Feb 2019 50 yards away

    Erection of two new residential units providing 7 flats, and associated ancillary works. As previously approved under planning application reference no. 14/01153/FUL, one unit will front St John's Road, and the other Estcourt Road.

    Granted Full applications New dwelling 16 docs
    Several homes

  • Land Adjacent To 17 - 19 St Johns Road Watford WD17 1PW

    19/00580/DISCON Submitted 23 May 2019 50 yards away

    Details submitted for condition 10 (existing and new or altered ground levels and floor levels of each proposed dwelling) pursuant to planning permission 19/00132/FUL

    Granted Conditions 8 docs
    Domestic

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