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(This page last revised 06/09/2026)
https://www3.threerivers.gov.uk/online-applications/licencingApplicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=TKHDKMQF0FF00 Objection Notes 3rd draft 06/09/2026 This is a Premises licencing application to provide certain activities, such as selling alcohol, providing regulated entertainment or supplying late-night refreshments. As such objection should only be raised in the context of the four licencing objectives. Details here https://www.threerivers.gov.uk/services/licensing/food-alcohol-entertainment-licensing/licensing-representations-complaints This application is currently in the “Consultation” phase of consideration. In this case our primary grounds to object to this license seem to be public nuisance (sound and light pollution) in the context of impact on Byewaters residents and Croxley Common Moor. Some other points of objection (probity and process) may also have some influence on the way TRDC considers his application. Some initial thoughts below. The application contains false and misleading informationSection 18 d) states “This field is away from any residential areas” Also, the plan submitted with the application provides a false impression that there are no residential properties near the site. In fact, the site is very close to substantial number of residential properties on the Byewaters Estate. Reference to TRDC own licencing application map and other location plan documents previously submitted to the council in relation to other building applications for the site (see below) will provide proper understanding of the presence and quantity of residential properties in close proximity to the site. The closest property is 15 Gill Close which is less than 40 meters from the application site. It is very disappointing that a licensing application made by Watford Borough Council contains such false and misleading information. I believe that the application would be refused of these reasons alone. Failure to accurately complete other sections of the application form Many sections of the application form specifically ask ”whether or not music will be amplified”. This question is not clearly answered in sections 7, 10, 11, 12, 13. As such the application is incomplete and possibly evasive. Completely Unreasonable / unrestricted operation or nuisanceThe licence application seeks permission to trade (“public opening hours”) from 8:00 – 23:00 on every day of the year. In addition, it states that “Staff and contractors may access the premises outside the "public opening hours" shown above, for event set-up and clear-down. As such it seeks approval to use or operate on the site 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This is wholly unreasonable in the context of proximity to many nearby residences – and adjacent Croxley Common Moor. Disregard for impact and nuisance to nearby residential propertiesThe text of Section 18 d) “The prevention of public nuisance” provides false statements and also only offers vague, constrained, inadequate and unenforceable assurances with regard to how public nuisance will be prevented. It also attempts to pass responsibility to control and mitigation of nuisances from the applicant to unidentified “organisers”. The wording of the response in the application seems to evade any intention plan to avoid the generation of nuisance, rather is only offers weak assertions of how nuisance might be managed once it has already occurred. As such it does not meet the key licensing objective it proports to address and so is another wholly defective element within the application. Public Notices of the Application do not match with the wording of the applicationPublic notices have been displayed on lampposts in Heckford Close and Gill Close the adjacent Byewaters residential estate. “If granted it will allow the following: Exhibition of films, outdoor sporting events, live and recorded music, performance of dance, and other entertainment of a similar description, Mondays to Sundays between the hours of 8:00-23:00. This is not a 7 day a week operation, but refers to occasional park and community event which may take place during the times above” This last sentence does not match with any statements within the application and seems to have been included to reduce the likelihood that residents will make representation objecting to the granting of the licence. It provides false and unenforceable assurance and so is both misleading and a breech of the requirements of such public notices.
Detail of existing use of the site and nuisance caused to local residents.[More to be added here]. Detail of existing use and restriction on the site which this licensing application is seeking to circumvent.[More to be added here] Further details of previous planning applicationsRetention and temporary use of the existing 5-a-side football pitch for 1 year, and erection of retractable side netting and posts Ref. No: 10/0452/FUL | Status: Application Permitted
Part retrospective: Multi use games area with floodlighting for employees at Croxley Business Park, single storey garage/store outbuilding, new access road and road lights Ref. No: 08/0806/RSP | Status: Application Withdrawn 7 – 18 Gill Close, 9 – 12 Heckford Close, 101 – 109 Bywaters and other nearby properties.
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