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Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB

Awaiting decision Watford 26/00500/FUL Major Full Planning Permission

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Retrospective planning application for a three-storey Pathology and Mortuary Building at Watford General Hospital.

As published by the council, reference 26/00500/FUL

Application record

Reference
26/00500/FUL
Type
Major Full Planning Permission
Status
Pending consideration
Received
1 Jul 2026
Validated
1 Jul 2026
Ward
Vicarage
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
WD18 0HB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Watford register

This site has had 6 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/00499/DISCON Granted

    Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB

    Details submitted for Condition 12 (bat survey) pursuant to planning permission 21/00765/OUTM, 24/00870/DISCON

    Decided 21 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00500/FULM Awaiting decision

    Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB

    Retrospective planning application for a three-storey Pathology and Mortuary Building at Watford General Hospital.

    Submitted 1 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • 25/00807/VAR Granted

    Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved drawings), Condition 4 (Access arrangements) Condition 5 (Construction Management Plan), Condition 3 (Soft landscaping of planning permission 21/01239/FUL. (AMENDED DRAWINGS)

    Decided 6 Mar 2026 Amendments
  • 25/00639/DISCON Granted

    Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB

    Details submitted for Condition 3. (soft landscaping) 5. (construction management plan) pursuant to planning permission 21/01239/FUL (revised Management Plan)

    Decided 19 Sep 2025 Conditions
  • 24/00583/DISCON Refused

    Watford General Hospital Vicarage Road Watford WD18 0HB

    Details submitted for Condition 3 (soft Landscaping) and Condition 5 (Construction Management Plan) pursuant to planning permission 21/01239/FUL

    Decided 7 Aug 2024 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Received by Watford

  2. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 30 September 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Watford took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

41 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Watford for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year Watford decided full applications in a median of 113 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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