68 Langley Road Watford WD17 4PN

1. 20 Jul 2026

   Received by Watford

2. 17 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 22 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 12 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Watford took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

• 25/00951/FUL Granted

  St Thomas United Reformed Church 68 Langley Road Watford WD17 4PN

  Double-storey front, side and rear extensions with internal reconfiguration to provide ancillary facilities (nursery, cafe, rest room for the deceased, meeting rooms, prayer halls, sports/events hall, and community spaces) in connection with the existing place of worship (Use Class F1)

  Decided 16 Jul 2026 Full applications

This application is with Watford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Watford decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• St Thomas United Reformed Church 68 Langley Road Watford WD17 4PN

  19/00305/FUL Submitted 20 Mar 2019 50 yards away

  Proposed demolition of existing church building and redevelopment of the site by the construction of a new replacement church building and enabling development of 8 terraced four bedroom houses.

  Granted Full applications Demolition 48 docs

• St Thomas United Reformed Church 68 Langley Road Watford WD17 4PN

  25/00951/FUL Submitted 24 Oct 2025 50 yards away

  Double-storey front, side and rear extensions with internal reconfiguration to provide ancillary facilities (nursery, cafe, rest room for the deceased, meeting rooms, prayer halls, sports/events hall, and community spaces) in connection with the existing place of worship (Use Class F1)

  Granted Full applications Extension 183 docs

• St Thomas United Reformed Church 68 Langley Road Watford WD17 4PN

  22/01468/DISCON Submitted 14 Dec 2022 50 yards away

  Details submitted for Condition 4 (tree protection) and Condition 6 (surface water drainage) pursuant to planning permission 19/00305/FUL

  Decided Conditions Trees 10 docs

• The Manse 27 Stratford Road Watford WD17 4QG

  23/01066/FULH Submitted 20 Nov 2023 50 yards away

  Erection of single storey rear extension and associated landscaping

  Granted Householder Extension 27 docs
  Small domestic

• 1 Elton Park Watford WD17 4NW

  21/00451/TCA Submitted 25 Mar 2021 50 yards away

  Works to trees in conservation area - see application form and tree list

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 25A Stratford Road Watford WD17 4QG

  20/00785/TCA Submitted 27 Jul 2020 50 yards away

  Works to trees in a Conservation area. Group of ivy covered holly trees - at least 4 trees. To reduce all trees to 4 metres high and trim sides of all trees.

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 26/00766/DISCON Awaiting decision

  Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

  Details submitted for Condition 5 and 11 (hard landscaping) pursuant to planning permission 22/01237/FUL and 22/01238/LBC

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Conditions
• 26/00611/DISCON Granted

  Avenues Phase 2A Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Details submitted for Condition 10. (archaeological works) pursuant to planning permission 24/00538/VARM

  Received 5 Aug, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/00610/DISCON Granted

  Avenues Phase 2A Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Details submitted for Condition 21. (external materials phase 2A) pursuant to planning permission 24/00538/VARM

  Received 5 Aug, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/00767/DISCON Awaiting decision

  15A Lea Bushes Watford Hertfordshire WD25 9TL

  Details submitted for Condition 6 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) pursuant to planning permission 26/00629/FUL.

  Received 29 Sep, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Conditions
• 26/00751/DISCON Awaiting decision

  Palace View 38 High Street Watford WD17 2BS

  Details submitted for Condition 3.(external facing materials) pursuant to planning permission 25/00799/FUL

  Received 25 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Conditions