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44 High Street Watford Hertfordshire WD17 2BS

Refused Watford 23/00162/VAR Variation of Condition

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

Proposal

Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission 05/00947/VAR and 19/00592/VAR to increase the hours of opening by 30 minutes to 0700hrs to 0030hrs the following day on Sundays and public holidays.

As published by the council, reference 23/00162/VAR

Application record

Reference
23/00162/VAR
Type
Variation of Condition
Status
Refused
Decision
Variation of Condition Refusal
Received
24 Feb 2023
Validated
24 Feb 2023
Decided
20 Apr 2023
Ward
Central
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WD17 2BS

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Feb 2023

    Received by Watford

  2. 20 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Variation of Condition Refusal

  3. 26 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

8 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About amendments applications

How this application type works

An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.

More on amendments applications in our guide

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