Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX
Proposal
Listed building consent for: 1. Design updates as instructed by the client per the value engineering process. 2. New rooflights and roof lanterns to be provided owing to the poor structural integrity of the existing rooflights and its potential inability to receive the additional weight of double-glazed panes that would be required to improve thermal conditions in the building as part of the wider decarbonisation strategy. Proposed elevations have been updated to capture new rooflights as well as minor updates to MEPH visible on facades. 3. Design updates related to addition of trimming steel around proposed riser openings (revised description)
- Received
- 15 October 2025
- Decided
- 17 December 2025 · Grant Listed Building Consent
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Park
- ReceivedSubmitted15 Oct
- ValidatedValidated15 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date19 Dec
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)
This is a heritage application at Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3EX. Watford has handled 36 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Watford's median. The site is in the Civic Core conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Park. We hold 1,528 applications in total for the WD17 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Sep
Details submitted for Condition 5 and 11 (hard landscaping) pursuant to planning permission 22/01237/FUL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/00766/DISCON - 202610 Aug
Details submitted for Conditions 4 (Works to specified rooms) and Condition 7 (First floor of the building)…
PendingDischarge of conditions26/00619/DISCON - 20267 Jul
Consent to display progress flag on existing flag pole outside entrance to Town Hall
PendingAdvertisement consent26/00517/ADV - 202612 Jun
Museum Fit Out of Watford Town Hall
PendingListed building consent26/00444/LBC - 20253 Nov
Listed Building consent for removal and replacement of heritage doorsets with fire rated doors, installation…
ApprovedListed building consent25/00922/LBC - 202511 Apr
Details submitted for Condition 4 and 5 pursuant to planning permission 22/01237/FUL
Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions25/00360/DISCON
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Civic Core
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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