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Land At Morrisons Car Park Ascot Road Watford WD18 8AA

24/01180/FULMMajor Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 November 2025

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

Erection of a drive thru coffee shop (Use Class E and Sui Generis), installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Zone and associated works.

Received
24 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Holywell
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 322 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Morrisons Car Park Ascot Road Watford WD18 8AA. Watford has handled 999 applications of this type. This one was decided in 322 days, 39 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Holywell. We hold 323 applications in total for the WD18 postcode area.

79% of full applications at Watford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WD18 8AA
Application type
Major Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2024
Consultation expiry
6 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 February 2025
Target decision date
18 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rhianon Jones Brunel House 2 Fitzalan Road Cardiff CF24 0EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13655277
Documents
105
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land east of Ascot RoadRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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