Plans have been rejected to build 25 new flats on the site of an NHS facility for the homeless in Watford.

The Meadowell Centre has been supporting rough sleepers for the last 15 years and is located on Cassio Road in West Watford.

The rejected proposals included building a part five-storey and part four-storey building providing 25 flats, with no on-site parking included.

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Chair of Watford Borough Council's Development Management Committee, Cllr Peter Jeffree, said demolishing the facility without providing suitable alternative accommodation "would be completely unacceptable".

"Ultimately, the proposed scheme failed to offer enough benefit to the community to compensate for the loss of the Meadowell Centre and the permanent loss of designated open space which would result from a residential development on the site," he said.

"The Committee did the right thing in stopping this development from going ahead."

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