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25/00579/FUL

Owls Bowls Club Horseshoe Lane Watford WD25 7HH

Decided Watford Full Planning Permission

Proposal

Construction of five floodlit padel tennis courts on the disused bowling green, along with a canopy structure, landscaping enhancements, and internal refurbishment of the existing clubhouse.

As published by the council, reference 25/00579/FUL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Jun 2025

    Received by Watford

  2. 28 Jul 2025

    Decision issued: Conditional Planning Permission

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

After the decision

The process from here

The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.

If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.

About full applications applications

How this application type works

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.

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