Watford Borough Council is currently consulting on two Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD’s) listed below.
Affordable Housing: Developer Contributions SPD
View this draft Supplementary Planning Document online
This SPD focuses on developer contributions for affordable housing. It explains a new method for calculating off-site contributions through commuted sums and outlines how a late-stage review will assess whether more affordable housing can be delivered after a development is largely completed.
Co-living: Standards and Requirements SPD
View this draft Supplementary Planning Document online
Co-living is a shared housing model that has gained interest in Watford over the past year. This SPD sets out the key standards and requirements for co-living developments to ensure they are well-designed, fit well within the community, and offer a high quality of life for residents.
How and when to respond?
The deadline for comments on both SPDs is 5pm on 20 March 2025.
Responses should preferably be provided by email.
Alternatively, responses can be made in writing to Planning Policy Team, Town Hall, Watford, WD17 3EX.
Please make clear in the subject line which of the two documents you are responding to.
If you wish to submit a response to both SPDs then please submit as two separate documents or make clear within a single response which comments relate to which SPD.
Notification of this consultation was sent to all those on our consultation database.
Where to view the documents?
The easiest way of viewing the SPDs is via the links above.
Paper copies of the SPDs are available to view at the Town Hall and Watford Library during normal opening times.
Further Information
If there are any queries regarding any aspect of this consultation then please do not hesitate to contact the policy team.
