A planning application has been submitted to build homes in a conservation area.

Developers want to build three, two-bedroom, two-storey cottages on vacant land to the rear of a pub, The One Crown at 156 Lower High Street, Watford, and the adjoining property of 158.

In the early 1900s a previous row of cottages stood in the same place.

Watford Observer: If approved the homes will be built behind The One Crown, Lower High Street, Watford.If approved the homes will be built behind The One Crown, Lower High Street, Watford. (Image: Google street View)

The site is located within the Kings Place Conservation Area that has been identified as one where improvements are encouraged.

If the plans are approved, the front of the properties and the front access doors will face directly on to the Crown Passage.

Watford Observer: The Crown Passage.The Crown Passage. (Image: Wakelin Associates)

Plots 1 and 2 will have rear gardens at 63 sq.m and 30 sq.m respectively, but plot 3 will not have a garden.

Bin and cycle storages will be provided for all three properties, but parking spaces are not included.

The developer has said that the plans of the cottages have been designed to look like the dwellings that stood there in 1912.

Watford Observer: The developer said the build will replicate the previous home on the site. This picture was taken in 1912.The developer said the build will replicate the previous home on the site. This picture was taken in 1912. (Image: Watford Museum)

Materials will be in line with the requirements expected within the Conservation Area, such as London Stock bricks, plain clay roof tiles and timber casement windows, the planning application has said.