This week has seen Watford Borough Council knock back a proposal to convert Leavesden Road Baptist Church into a Muslim place of worship. The substantial harm has not been demonstrated as being necessary to achieve substantial public benefits." Watford Islamic Centre using the church building. "Like every householder, we went through the normal planning application process for an extension or conversion, which can result in approval or refusal," Khaliq added. Next Tuesday (February 3) will see the council's development management committee vote on a separate but similar plan for a church elsewhere in Watford to become a mosque.