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Owls Bowls Club Horseshoe Lane Watford WD25 7HH

Granted Watford 25/00579/FUL Full Planning Permission

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

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

Application record

Reference
25/00579/FUL
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Conditional Planning Permission
Received
20 Jun 2025
Validated
20 Jun 2025
Decided
28 Jul 2025
Ward
Woodside
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WD25 7HH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Watford register

This site has had 3 applications since 2020: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00574/VAR Granted

    Owls Bowls Club Horseshoe Lane Watford WD25 7HH

    Variation of Condition 2 (Drawings) of planning permission 25/00579/FUL to add a canopy to courts 4 and 5 to match existing.

    Decided 15 Sep 2026 Amendments
  • 20/00203/COU Granted

    Owls Bowls Club Horseshoe Lane Watford WD25 7HH

    Renewal of temporary planning permission 19/00207/COU for change of use of the Owls Bowls Club from D2 (Assembly and Leisure) to D1 (Non-residential Institution) (place of worship) for a further period of 2 years

    Decided 16 Apr 2020 Full applications

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

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 26/00574/VAR Granted

    Owls Bowls Club Horseshoe Lane Watford WD25 7HH

    Variation of Condition 2 (Drawings) of planning permission 25/00579/FUL to add a canopy to courts 4 and 5 to match existing.

    Decided 15 Sep 2026 Amendments

Documents

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

34 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Watford granted permission on 28 July 2025, 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.

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.

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  • Owls Bowls Club Woodside Playing Fields Pavilion Horseshoe Lane Watford WD25 7HH

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    Change of use of the Owls Bowls Club from D2 (Assembly and Leisure) to D1 (Non-residential Institution) (place of worship) for a temporary period of up to one year.

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    Renewal of temporary planning permission 19/00207/COU for change of use of the Owls Bowls Club from D2 (Assembly and Leisure) to D1 (Non-residential Institution) (place of worship) for a further period of 2 years

    Granted Full applications 6 docs
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    Variation of Condition 2 (Drawings) of planning permission 25/00579/FUL to add a canopy to courts 4 and 5 to match existing.

    Granted Amendments 6 docs
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