Building work in Ascot Road is well underway. Credit: Lynda Bullock/Watford Observer Camera Club New images have shown the progress made in one of Watford’s biggest and most transformative housing developments. In 2017, planning permission was granted to build 485 homes in Ascot Road, including a “gateway” 24 storey 81 metre tall tower. At the time, it was the tallest ever building to be given approval in the town, and despite hundreds of objections from the public, Watford Borough Council passed the scheme. Nearly four years on and building work in the west of the town is well underway despite the plug being pulled on the Met Line Extension.
Sun Clock Tower in Ascot Road. Credit: Google Maps An iconic clock tower in Watford built at a former printworks could be demolished. Watford Borough Council has received an application to knock down the historic Sun Clock Tower in Ascot Road in the west of the town. The locally listed building has deteriorated over the last couple of decades or so and it could soon be wiped from the town’s history altogether. The application has been submitted by an individual called Paul Stacey and seeks the demolition of the derelict clock tower . The Sun Clock Tower in 2020. Credit: Google Maps
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