The application for the St Thomas' United Reformed Church site, which has been vacant since 2015, was submitted in October 2025 and is set to be decided on Tuesday (February 3). Agenda documents published this afternoon (January 29) include council officers’ assessment based on national planning policy – which recommended approval. St Thomas United Reformed Church seen from Langley Road (Image: Newsquest)Objections from residents based on material planning considerations were considered, while those received anonymously or containing “defamatory comments” were not accepted or considered. St Thomas’ United Reformed Church to be turned into mosqueWatford Leavesden Road mosque conversion plan REFUSEDWatford mosque proposal has decision date confirmedSt Thomas is one of two former Watford churches which had been eyed for conversion into mosques. Leavesden Road’s church is a far older and more traditional church - built from 1895 - while St Thomas is not listed or locally listed and was built in around 1973.