Watford Borough Council is considering a new proposal to turn an office above a pub into flats.
A proposal, submitted last week, seeks to use permitted development rights to reconfigure an office in St Albans Road, above The Cother Arms and Harry Charles Estate Agents, and create seven flats.
According to a floorplan submitted alongside the application, there would be two two-bedroom flats, two one-bedrooms, and three studios in the building's reconfigured first floor.
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The smallest bedroom, within a two-bedroom apartment, would be 8.5-square-metres with the largest being 13.9-square-metres. The studio flats would be 38 or 39 square-metres.
Permitted development rights allow some types of development to go ahead without needing full planning permission.
For this to apply, the offices must have been used for that purpose for at least two years and then be vacant for three months, which the application form says the St Albans Road offices were.
However, it does require 'prior approval' from the council, allowing Watford Borough Council to consider potential transport impacts, contamination risks, and flood risks before giving the go-ahead.
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