Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• 26/00619/DISCON Awaiting decision

  Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

  Details submitted for Conditions 4 (Works to specified rooms) and Condition 7 (First floor of the building) pursuant to planning permission 22/01238/LBC (Revised description)

  Submitted 10 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/00517/ADV Granted

  Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

  Consent to display progress flag on existing flag pole outside entrance to Town Hall

  Decided 18 Aug 2026 Advertising
• 26/00444/LBC Awaiting decision

  Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

  Museum Fit Out of Watford Town Hall

  Submitted 11 Jun 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• 25/00360/DISCON Granted

  Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

  Details submitted for Condition 4 and 5 pursuant to planning permission 22/01237/FUL and Conditions 10 and 11 pursuant to planning permission 22/01328/LBC (Revised Drawings)

  Decided 4 Aug 2025 Conditions

1. 30 Sep 2026

   Received by Watford

2. 1 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 25 November 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.

• 22/01238/LBC Granted

  Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford Hertfordshire WD17 3EX

  Listed building consent for change of use and alterations including: new external openings, internal layout changes, new material finishes, M&E upgrades, and landscape works for improved accessibility

  Decided 13 Jan 2023 Heritage and listed buildings
• 22/01237/FUL Granted

  Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford Hertfordshire WD17 3EX

  Change of use and alterations including: new external openings, internal layout changes, new material finishes, M&E upgrades, and landscape works for improved accessibility

  Decided 13 Jan 2023 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.

• The Colosseum Rickmansworth Road Watford WD17 3JN

  24/00252/NONMAT Submitted 19 Mar 2024 50 yards away

  Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 22/00622/FUL and Listed Building Consent 22/00623/LBC for amendments to ground floor (addition of new offices and 'white box' room for use of museum) and Forum Hall (addition of two radiators)

  Granted Amendments 5 docs

• Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX

  21/01581/LBC Submitted 26 Oct 2021 50 yards away

  Listed building consent for repair, refurbishment and thermal glazing upgrade of existing steel casement windows to Town Hall and Colosseum.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 10 docs

• The Colosseum Rickmansworth Road Watford WD17 3JN

  24/00995/NONMAT Submitted 29 Oct 2024 50 yards away

  Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 22/00623/LBC for replacement of existing doors with new, fire rated doors

  Granted Amendments 19 docs

• The Colosseum Rickmansworth Road Watford WD17 3JN

  24/00129/NONMAT Submitted 16 Feb 2024 50 yards away

  Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission 22/00622/FUL and listed building consent 22/00623/LBC for amendments to ground floor (addition of box office, mobile counter, bar layout, bar foyer layout, addition of cloakroom and forum hall/bar layout), first floor (Circle Bar, updates to bar layout), and elevations (addition of guardrail above the ground floor office)

  Granted Amendments 17 docs

• The Colosseum Rickmansworth Road Watford WD17 3JN

  23/00784/DISCON Submitted 6 Sep 2023 50 yards away

  Details submitted for Condition 6 (Main Auditorium details) pursuant to planning permision 22/00623/LBC

  Granted Conditions 42 docs

• The Colosseum Rickmansworth Road Watford Hertfordshire WD17 3JN

  22/00623/LBC Submitted 11 May 2022 50 yards away

  Alterations to Watford Colosseum including restoration of historic fabric, minor layout changes, new material finishes, M&E upgrades, illuminated signage, and landscape works for improved accessibility

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 48 docs

• 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
• 26/00364/DISCON Granted

  29 - 43 Sydney Road Watford WD18 7PZ

  Details submitted for Condition 3. (verification report) pursuant to planning permission 25/00817/VAR

  Received 13 May, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions