Planning application
Former British Telecom Technical Services And Vehicle Centre Orphanage Road Watford WD24 4QX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 78/00040/FUL to change the description wording of the granted application from "Erection of a new Telephone Service Centre to replace existing site buildings." to "Erection of a new warehouse (Use Class B2/B8 to replace existing site buildings."
As published by the council, reference 26/00577/NONMAT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00577/NONMAT
- Type
- Non-material amendment of PP
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Application Granted
- Received
- 27 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Tudor
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WD24 4QX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jul 2026
Received by Watford
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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12 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Application Granted
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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