Francis Combe Academy Horseshoe Lane Watford WD25 7HW

25/00566/VARVariation of ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 July 2025

Council decision: Conditional Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Variation of conditon 5 (MUGA hours of use) of planning permission 10/00048/CM

Received: 2 May 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Watford Borough Council
Ward: Woodside

ReceivedReceived2 May
ValidatedValidated2 May
Consult.Consultation11 Jul
TargetTarget Date18 Jul
DecidedDecided18 Jul

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Francis Combe Academy Horseshoe Lane Watford WD25 7HW. Watford has handled 509 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 496 applications in total for the WD25 postcode area.

96% of conditions 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: WD25 7HW
Application type: Variation of Condition
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 11 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 11 July 2025
Target decision date: 18 July 2025
Permission expires: 18 July 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 77 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13982623
Documents: 10
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: Watford
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, 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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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.

Source: Watford

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