The Mercure Hotel And Land To South East Tylers Way Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8JH Data via plota.co.uk

26/0911/PD28O - PD - Prior Approval 28 day - Others Awaiting decision

Proposal

Demolition of the existing buildings at the Former Mercure Hotel (Application for Prior Notification). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

2 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

8 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 31 Jul 2026

As of 22 Aug 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Documents 10

Site constraints 2

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Hertsmere
Application type: PD - Prior Approval 28 day - Others
Postcode: WD25 8JH
Received: 2 Jul 2026
Validated: 2 Jul 2026
Ward: Bushey St James
Parish: No Parish
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Jul 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Savills

Decision outlook

Day 99, past the statutory target. 92% of demolitions in Hertsmere are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 21 Aug 2026.

target

predicted

Day 9943 days past the 56-day target

58%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

88decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Hertsmere in the last twelve months, from validation. Hertsmere decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14930512
Planning Portal ref: PP-14930512
Consultation: 8 Jul 2026
Comments by: 29 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 31 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved

Request for screening opinion (Environmental Impact Assessment - Screening).

22/0853/EI1 31 May 2022

2022 Approved

Request for screening opinion (Environmental Impact Assessment - Screening).

22/0853/EI1 31 May 2022

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

The Mecure Hotel And Land To South East Tylers Way Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8JH

Redevelopment of site to data centre campus - PPA agreement.

25/1257/PPA 28 Aug 2025

2025

The Mecure Hotel And Land To South East Tylers Way Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8JH

Redevelopment of site to data centre campus - PPA agreement.

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Hertsmere

Planning Authority Score

3.3/10

Poor

#225 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Hertsmere is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #243 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

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Hertsmere decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #57 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #108 of 296

49%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #243 of 296

55%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #249 of 296

84%

Minor dwellings approved

102 decided (1-9 homes)

75%

Major dwellings approved

8 decided (10+ homes)

89%

Change of use approved

27 decided

742

Total decisions

55 refused in the year to March 2026