Planning application
Owls Bowls Club Horseshoe Lane Watford WD25 7HH
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: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00574/VAR Awaiting decision
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.
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jun 2025
Received by Watford
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28 Jul 2025
Decision issued: Conditional Planning Permission
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/00574/VAR Awaiting decision
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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
34 documents on file for this application
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