Planning application
129 High Road Watford WD25 7AP
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Retrospective application for the change of use from Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to short-term holiday let (AirBnB) Class C1 (Hotels, boarding, or guest houses).
As published by the council, reference 26/00215/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00215/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse Planning Permission
- Received
- 16 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 20 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 9 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Woodside
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- WD25 7AP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Mar 2026
Received by Watford
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20 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
- FUL -DECISION
- OFFICER REPORT
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- AS EXISTING SIDE ELEVATION NO CHANGE
- EXISTING REAR ELEVATION NO CHANGE
- AS EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION NO CHANGE
- PRE EXISTING SIDE ELEVATION
- PRE EXISTING REAR ELEVATION
- PRE EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION NO CHANGE
- PRE EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- PRE EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- PRE EXISTING AND AS BUILT FLOOR PLANS
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- MINUT SOUND REPORTS - FEBRUARY 2026
- COPY OF COPY OF TEMPLATE - GUEST RENTAL AGREEMENT
- BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL_INCLUDED_IN_PLANNING STATEMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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