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Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

Granted Watford 25/00723/VARM Variation of a Condition for a Major

Relates to 22/00322/FULM, 23/01023/VARM

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

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans), Condition 11 (A41 Toucan to the Hempstead Road underpass) of planning permission 22/00322/FULM and 23/01023/VARM and (Duplicate application to Three Rivers District Council).

As published by the council, reference 25/00723/VARM

Application record

Reference
25/00723/VARM
Type
Variation of a Condition for a Major
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Conditional Planning Permission
Received
4 Aug 2025
Validated
4 Aug 2025
Decided
9 Feb 2026
Ward
TR Leavesden
Parish
TR Abbots Langley Parish Council
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
WD25 7LP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Watford register

This site has had 13 applications since 2022: 10 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00668/FUL Awaiting decision

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Erection of a building (with amended design) for studio operations and associated workshop use (Sui Generis).

    Submitted 24 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • 26/00642/FUL Awaiting decision

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Part retrospective application for existing and extension of the acoustic timber fence on Backlot 2.

    Submitted 14 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • 26/00519/NONMAT Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM for variation of plans listed under Condition 2 (building 18)

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Amendments
  • 26/00345/DISCON Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Details submitted for Condition 23. (partial discharge SuDS Management and Maintenance Strategy- phases 3, 5 and 8) pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM

    Decided 1 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00333/DISCON Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Details submitted for Condition 23 (partial discharge phase 1 Surface Water Drainage) pursuant to planning permission 23/01023/VARM

    Decided 19 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00231/NMA Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM for erection of new bus shelter and stop pole

    Decided 5 May 2026 Amendments
  • 26/00231/NONMAT Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM for erection of new bus shelter and stop pole

    Decided 5 May 2026 Amendments
  • 25/00046/NONMAT Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 23/01023/VARM for amendments to regularise in line with TRDC applications 24/0856/NMA and 24/1693/NMA

    Decided 5 Aug 2025 Amendments
  • 23/01023/VARM Awaiting decision

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans), Condition 4 (Vehicular Access Completion), Condition 10 (Highways Improvements - Local Cycle Network Improvements) and Condition 17 (Noise) of planning permission 22/00322/FULM for the provision of new sound stages, workshops, production and post-production offices, Studio support facilities (including new welfare and café building) and new roundabout to provide vehicular access to the Studios and Island Site; the construction of decked car parking and a pedestrian footbridge (Island Site); the use of land to the west of the Studios for film production and associated activities (Backlot 2); ecological improvements to existing field (Lower Field) together with site-wide landscape and necessary utilities and infrastructure works, bund construction, and ground re-profiling. Details also submitted pursuant to Conditions 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18 (in part), 19, 20 (in part), 22, 24 and 25. (Duplicate application to Three Rivers District Council).

    Submitted 9 Nov 2023 Conditions
  • 23/00689/NONMAT Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 22/00322/FULM for internal and external amendments to building 75, changes to layout and positioning of buildings 52, 53, 63 and 64, new transformer and alterations to internal road layout and associated landscaping - (Please see covering letter)

    Decided 17 Oct 2023 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Aug 2025

    Received by Watford

  2. 9 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Conditional Planning Permission

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 22/00322/FULM Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    The provision of new sound stages, workshops, production and post-production offices, Studio support facilities (including new welfare and café building) and new roundabout to provide vehicular access to the Studios and Island Site; the construction of decked car parking and a pedestrian footbridge (Island Site); the use of land to the west of the Studios for film production and associated activities (Backlot 2); ecological improvements to existing field (Lower Field) together with site-wide landscape and necessary utilities and infrastructure works, bund construction, and ground re-profiling. | Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP (Duplicate application to Three Rivers District Council).

    Decided 28 Feb 2023 Full applications
  • 23/01023/VARM Awaiting decision

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans), Condition 4 (Vehicular Access Completion), Condition 10 (Highways Improvements - Local Cycle Network Improvements) and Condition 17 (Noise) of planning permission 22/00322/FULM for the provision of new sound stages, workshops, production and post-production offices, Studio support facilities (including new welfare and café building) and new roundabout to provide vehicular access to the Studios and Island Site; the construction of decked car parking and a pedestrian footbridge (Island Site); the use of land to the west of the Studios for film production and associated activities (Backlot 2); ecological improvements to existing field (Lower Field) together with site-wide landscape and necessary utilities and infrastructure works, bund construction, and ground re-profiling. Details also submitted pursuant to Conditions 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18 (in part), 19, 20 (in part), 22, 24 and 25. (Duplicate application to Three Rivers District Council).

    Submitted 9 Nov 2023 Conditions

4 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • 26/00519/NONMAT Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM for variation of plans listed under Condition 2 (building 18)

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Amendments
  • 26/00345/DISCON Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Details submitted for Condition 23. (partial discharge SuDS Management and Maintenance Strategy- phases 3, 5 and 8) pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM

    Decided 1 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00231/NMA Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM for erection of new bus shelter and stop pole

    Decided 5 May 2026 Amendments
  • 26/00231/NONMAT Granted

    Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM for erection of new bus shelter and stop pole

    Decided 5 May 2026 Amendments

Documents

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

281 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Watford granted permission on 9 February 2026, 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 condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Leavesden WD25 7LP

    20/2539/DIS Submitted 25 Nov 2020 50 yards away

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Arboricultural Method Statement (landscaped plaza)) pursuant to planning permission 19/1944/FUL

    Decided Conditions 11 docs

  • Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    23/01023/VARM Submitted 9 Nov 2023 50 yards away

    95% historically approved · decision due ~8 Feb

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans), Condition 4 (Vehicular Access Completion), Condition 10 (Highways Improvements - Local Cycle Network Improvements) and Condition 17 (Noise) of planning permission 22/00322/FULM for the provision of new sound stages, workshops, production and post-production offices, Studio support facilities (including new welfare and café building) and new roundabout to provide vehicular access to the Studios and Island Site; the construction of decked car parking and a pedestrian footbridge (Island Site); the use of land to the west of the Studios for film production and associated activities (Backlot 2); ecological improvements to existing field (Lower Field) together with site-wide landscape and necessary utilities and infrastructure works, bund construction, and ground re-profiling. Details also submitted pursuant to Conditions 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18 (in part), 19, 20 (in part), 22, 24 and 25. (Duplicate application to Three Rivers District Council).

    Awaiting decision Conditions 286 docs
    Major scheme

  • Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    26/00345/DISCON Submitted 5 May 2026 50 yards away

    Details submitted for Condition 23. (partial discharge SuDS Management and Maintenance Strategy- phases 3, 5 and 8) pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM

    Granted Conditions 15 docs

  • Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    26/00231/NMA Submitted 19 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM for erection of new bus shelter and stop pole

    Granted Amendments 10 docs

  • Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    26/00231/NONMAT Submitted 19 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 25/00723/VARM for erection of new bus shelter and stop pole

    Granted Amendments 10 docs

  • Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP

    26/00333/DISCON Submitted 29 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    Details submitted for Condition 23 (partial discharge phase 1 Surface Water Drainage) pursuant to planning permission 23/01023/VARM

    Granted Conditions 8 docs

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    Received 9 Sep, published by the council 14 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00526/DISCON Granted

    127 The Parade High Street Watford WD17 1NA

    Details submitted for Condition 4. (noise management plan).5. (plant equipment) and 6. (refuse and recycling) pursuant to planning permission 26/00059/FUL

    Received 9 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00544/DISCON Granted

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    Details submitted for Condition 4.(hard and soft landscaping), 5 (bin and cycle storage) pursuant to planning permission 25/00043/FUL

    Received 16 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00334/DISCON Granted

    29 - 43 Sydney Road Watford WD18 7PZ

    Details submitted for Condition 18.(site drainage) and 20.(SuDS management and maintenance residential section) pursuant to planning permission 25/00817/VAR

    Received 29 Apr, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions
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    Christchurch Vicarage Leggatts Way Watford WD24 5NQ

    Details submitted for Condition 5.(on-site biodiversity enhancement measures) and 13.(hard landscaping) pursuant to planning permission 23/00862/FUL

    Received 26 Aug, published by the council 2 Sep 2026 Conditions