Lidl Great Britain Limited Hempstead Road Watford Hertfordshire

26/0429/NMAPermitted

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission 24/1568/FUL to allow revised duct positions to building elevations, doc shelter to loading area, new pedestrian gate and double gate for vehicles, aligned fence to service area and car parking area; amended drainage layout and boundary treatments and retaining walls; crash protection measures added to lighting columns and alterations to the wording of conditions 4 (LEMP) and 24 (External Lighting)

Received: 13 March 2026
Decided: 22 April 2026 · approved
Council: Three Rivers District Council

Site boundary (council red line)

ReceivedSubmitted13 Mar
ValidatedValidated13 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 Apr

Decided in 40 days

This is a planning application at Lidl Great Britain Limited Hempstead Road Watford Hertfordshire. Three Rivers has handled 4,145 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Three Rivers's median. There have been 11 other applications at this address.

Application Details

Reference

26/0429/NMA

Address

Lidl Great Britain Limited Hempstead Road Watford Hertfordshire

Local Authority

Three Rivers

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

13 March 2026

Date Decided

22 April 2026

Date Validated

13 March 2026

Date Submitted

13 March 2026

Planning Decision

Decision

approved

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.686620, -0.433238

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Three Rivers

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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Green belt: Three Rivers

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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