FIVE YEARS AGO Shame on you : Application to build two blocks of flats approved A hotly debated application to demolish 10 bungalows and build 32 flats has been approved to shouts of shame on you from campaigners. Watford Community Housing Trust’s proposal to build new homes in Hemming Way was voted through despite the fact it will “stick out like a sore thumb”. Watford Borough Council planning committee unanimously agreed planning officers recommendation for approval at a meeting. Speaking on behalf of residents, Jane Owen told the meeting more than 500 had signed a petition to prevent two, three-storey blocks containing one and two-bedroom flats in the Leavesden Green Estate.