Building work in Ascot Road is well underway. Credit: Lynda Bullock/Watford Observer Camera Club New images have shown the progress made in one of Watford’s biggest and most transformative housing developments. In 2017, planning permission was granted to build 485 homes in Ascot Road, including a “gateway” 24 storey 81 metre tall tower. At the time, it was the tallest ever building to be given approval in the town, and despite hundreds of objections from the public, Watford Borough Council passed the scheme. Nearly four years on and building work in the west of the town is well underway despite the plug being pulled on the Met Line Extension.