Tesco Stores 859 St Albans Road Watford WD25 0LH
Approved on 29 January 2026
Council decision: Conditional Planning Permission
Proposal
Alteration to the existing building including the installation of new shopfronts and plant equipment, alongside alterations to the existing car park layout to facilitate installation of outdoor play areas, new bin store, new bike storage and new landscaping
- Received
- 14 November 2025
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- ReceivedReceived14 Nov
- ValidatedValidated14 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided29 Jan
Decided in 76 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Tesco Stores 859 St Albans Road Watford WD25 0LH. Watford has handled 3,441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 498 applications in total for the WD25 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- WD25 0LH
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 November 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
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, 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.
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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