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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
79.8% of applications approved
Ranks #276 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.1% · rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
34.9% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #257 of 371 for decisions upheld · national average 32.0% · 192 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£420,000 median sale price
-0.8% year on year · 878 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
50.8% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #80 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 36,713 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/00766/DISCON | Watford Borough Council Town Hall Hempstead Road Watford | Details submitted for Condition 5 and 11 (hard landscaping) pursuant to planning permission 22/01237/FUL and… | Dischargeconditions | 30 Sept 2026 |
| 26/00764/TPO | 14 Cottage Close Watford | Works to trees T15 and T16 , x2 Sycamores under TPO.No.49 - reduce height by 2m and diameter to previous points. The… | Treeworks | 30 Sept 2026 |
| 26/00765/TPO | 11 Cottage Close Watford | Works to tree (T19 Oak) under Group G1 TPO.No.52 - Reduce height by up to 2m and spread on sides up to 1m. | Treeworks | 30 Sept 2026 |
| 26/00761/HPD | 28 Eastfield Avenue Watford Hertfordshire | The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.00m… | Householder | 29 Sept 2026 |
| 26/00755/LDC | 498 Whippendell Road Watford | Lawful Development Certificate for a loft conversion with rear dormer window. | Lawfuldevelopment | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/00753/ADV | 118 High Street Watford | Consent to display 1 no. internally illuminated fascia sign and 1 no. internally illuminated projecting sign. | Advertisement | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/00754/FULH | 498 Whippendell Road Watford | Erection of a ground floor wrap around extension, plus front porch. | Householder | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/00756/FULH | 40 Capel Road Watford | Erection of single storey rear extension | Householder | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/00752/FULH | 3 East Drive Watford Hertfordshire | Erection of single storey side extension and conversion of existing garage into habitable room | Householder | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/00757/NONMAT | 39 Cassiobury Drive Watford | Non - material amendment pursuant to planning permission 26/00153/FULH for change from side window on lower ground… | Other | 28 Sept 2026 |
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We index every application published on Watford’s planning portal (Idox Public Access) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://pa.watford.gov.uk/publicaccessNewest application received 30 Sept 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by Watford, updated several times a day. A free PlanNexus account searches the full archive of 401 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type, and includes 1,000 requests a month plus email alerts. PlanNexus is independent of Watford — we index what the council publishes and add the decisions, approval rates and appeal outcomes the register itself doesn't show. The council's own portal is linked above.
PlanNexus indexes Watford's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 30 Sept 2026.
79.8% of Watford's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2, against a national average of 87.1% (official MHCLG figures).
34.9% of appeals against Watford decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.0%, across 192 decided appeals.
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