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Land To The North Of Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire

26/00300/COUApproved

Approved on 14 July 2026

Council decision: Conditional Planning Permission3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed temporary change of use (5 years) for taxi operations base and servicing

Received
13 April 2026
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 54 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Land To The North Of Thomas Sawyer Way Watford Hertfordshire. Watford has handled 3,441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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