Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

This site has had 22 applications since 2018: 17 approved, 3 refused.

• 22/01395/DISCON Granted

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Details submitted for Condition 24 (Ground montitoring and ground maintenance report) pursuant to planning permission 19/01342/VARM

  Decided 2 Dec 2022 Conditions
• 22/00894/DISCON Granted

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Details submitted for Condition 24 (ground water monitoring - deep boreholes only) and Condition 26 (Verification Report - Block A only) pursuant to planning permission 19/01342/VARM

  Decided 18 Jul 2022 Conditions
• 22/00779/DISCON Awaiting decision

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Details submitted for Condition 21.(Verification Report ) pursuant to planning permission 17/01511/FULM

  Submitted 15 Jun 2022 Conditions
• 22/00777/DISCON Granted

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Details submitted for Condition 18. (Landscape Management Plan) pursuant to planning permission 17/01511/FULM (Block E)

  Decided 24 Aug 2022 Conditions
• 22/00776/DISCON Granted

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Details submitted for Condition 19. (Pedestrian Footbridge) pursuant to planning permission 17/01511/FULM

  Decided 1 Aug 2022 Conditions
• 21/01728/NONMAT Granted

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Non - material amendment to planning permission 19/01342/VARM (revised plans condition 30)

  Decided 4 Dec 2021 Amendments
• 21/01713/NONMAT Granted

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Non-material amendment to planning permission 19/01342/VARM for amendment to allow for the removal of 5 additional trees in northern part of the site, in accordance with advice from arboriculturalist

  Decided 9 Dec 2021 Amendments
• 20/01254/NONMAT Granted

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Non-material amendment of planning permission 19/01342/VARM for the removal of Condition 4 to allow for the development to take place in accordance with details previously submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority under application 18/00908/DISCON (to discharge the requriements of Condition 2 of permission 17/01543/FULM).

  Decided 14 Nov 2020 Amendments
• 20/00741/NONMAT Granted

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Non-Material amendment to Planning Permission 17/01511/FULM to reduce overall floor to floor height - top FFL below 30m. Reduced ceiling void in top floors to lower overall height of the parapets. All cladding panels replaced by contrasting colour brickwork. All glazed balustrading replaced with vertical PPC metal railing. Ventilation louvers to window systems omitted and replaced with brick panels. Cill height of full height windows reduced by 150mm. Amendment to brick banding dimensions (reductions in banding height & increased clearance above window heads). Car park configuration revised following amendments to plant/refuse/cycle stores. Proposed Parking spaces = 56 spaces Proposed cycling spaces = 145 spaces accessed internally via car park. Refuse stores all externally accessed from the south side of the car park 1100l recycling bins = 19 bins, 1100l waste bins = 18 bins, 240l garden waste = 14 bins

  Decided 7 Sep 2020 Amendments
• 20/00352/NONMAT Refused

  Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 17/01511/FULM for alterations to Block E compromising of reduction of overall floor to floor height, reduction of ceiling void in top floors, replacing all cladding panels with contrasting colour brickwork, replacement glazed balustrade with vertical PPC metal railing, re-configuration of car park, replacement of ventilation louvres with brick panels, reduction of cill height of full height windows and amendment to brick banding dimensions.

  Decided 28 Apr 2020 Amendments

1. 6 Aug 2026

   Received by Watford

2. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 1 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.

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.

• Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  20/01254/NONMAT Submitted 12 Nov 2020 50 yards away

  Non-material amendment of planning permission 19/01342/VARM for the removal of Condition 4 to allow for the development to take place in accordance with details previously submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority under application 18/00908/DISCON (to discharge the requriements of Condition 2 of permission 17/01543/FULM).

  Granted Amendments 7 docs

• Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  19/00131/VAR Submitted 4 Feb 2019 50 yards away

  Variation of Conditions 3 and 4 of planning permission 17/01543/FULM for the development of a 253 unit residential care community (C2 planning use class) for people above 55 years of age and with communal facilities including health club, swimming pool, café/restaurant and a multi-purpose village hall with associated landscaping, amenity space, access and parking and provision of a new path to link Stripling Way with the wider development site. Variation for amended elevation design of the approved buildings and amendments to roof gardens.

  Granted Amendments 30 docs
  Major scheme

• Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area And Forming Part Of The Watford Riverwell Development (formerly Known As Watford Health Campus) Watford

  22/00168/DISCON Submitted 9 Feb 2022 50 yards away

  Details submitted for Condition 12 (boundary treatments) pursuant to planning permission 17/01543/FULM and 19/00131/VAR

  Granted Conditions 11 docs

• Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  18/00863/DISCON Submitted 12 Jul 2018 50 yards away

  Details submitted to discharge conditions pursuant to planning permission 17/01543/FULM: Condition 9 - Groundworks Method Statement Condition 19 - Piling Method Statement Condition 22 - Borehole Management Scheme Condition 24 - Ground water monitoring & maintenance plan

  Granted Conditions 30 docs

• Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  19/00780/DISCON Submitted 5 Jul 2019 50 yards away

  Details submitted for Condition 8 (Drainage) pursuant to planning permission 17/01543/FULM.

  Granted Conditions 17 docs

• Land To The South Of Thomas Sawyer Way Comprising The Waterside Area Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

  19/00037/NONMAT Submitted 14 Jan 2019 50 yards away

  Non-Material amendment to planning permission 17/01543/FULM for 1) Relocation of the ground floor communal pool and amendment of the layout of associated changing rooms and gym, and 2) Omission of first floor residents lounge, library and hobbies room and replacement with two additional 2-bed apartments.

  Granted Amendments New dwelling 11 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