diff --git a/packages/kit/src/ignore.ts b/packages/kit/src/ignore.ts
index dc18508a06..8e52e59b94 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/ignore.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/ignore.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import ignore from 'ignore'
 import { join, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { tryUseNuxt } from './context'
 
+export function createIsIgnored (nuxt = tryUseNuxt()) {
+  return (pathname: string, stats?: unknown) => isIgnored(pathname, stats, nuxt)
+}
+
 /**
  * Return a filter function to filter an array of paths
  */
-export function isIgnored (pathname: string): boolean {
-  const nuxt = tryUseNuxt()
-
+export function isIgnored (pathname: string, _stats?: unknown, nuxt = tryUseNuxt()): boolean {
   // Happens with CLI reloads
   if (!nuxt) {
     return false
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/index.ts b/packages/kit/src/index.ts
index 04056b2784..f14fd8c81d 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export { assertNuxtCompatibility, checkNuxtCompatibility, getNuxtVersion, hasNux
 export { addComponent, addComponentsDir } from './components'
 export type { AddComponentOptions } from './components'
 export { nuxtCtx, tryUseNuxt, useNuxt } from './context'
-export { isIgnored, resolveIgnorePatterns } from './ignore'
+export { createIsIgnored, isIgnored, resolveIgnorePatterns } from './ignore'
 export { addLayout } from './layout'
 export { addRouteMiddleware, extendPages, extendRouteRules } from './pages'
 export type { AddRouteMiddlewareOptions, ExtendRouteRulesOptions } from './pages'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/plugins/transform.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/plugins/transform.ts
index ba819bbfa3..f7bf3586c6 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/plugins/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/plugins/transform.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function TransformPlugin (nuxt: Nuxt, options: TransformPluginOptions) {
     enforce: 'post',
     transformInclude (id) {
       id = normalize(id)
-      return id.startsWith('virtual:') || id.startsWith('\0virtual:') || id.startsWith(nuxt.options.buildDir) || !isIgnored(id)
+      return id.startsWith('virtual:') || id.startsWith('\0virtual:') || id.startsWith(nuxt.options.buildDir) || !isIgnored(id, undefined, nuxt)
     },
     async transform (code, id) {
       // Virtual component wrapper
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
index cc420dc2bc..84e2c8e317 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { EventType } from '@parcel/watcher'
 import type { FSWatcher } from 'chokidar'
 import { watch as chokidarWatch } from 'chokidar'
-import { importModule, isIgnored, tryResolveModule, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { createIsIgnored, importModule, isIgnored, tryResolveModule, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { debounce } from 'perfect-debounce'
 import { normalize, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import type { Nuxt, NuxtBuilder } from 'nuxt/schema'
@@ -100,14 +100,12 @@ async function watch (nuxt: Nuxt) {
 
 function createWatcher () {
   const nuxt = useNuxt()
+  const isIgnored = createIsIgnored(nuxt)
 
   const watcher = chokidarWatch(nuxt.options._layers.map(i => i.config.srcDir as string).filter(Boolean), {
     ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar,
     ignoreInitial: true,
-    ignored: [
-      isIgnored,
-      'node_modules',
-    ],
+    ignored: [isIgnored, /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/],
   })
 
   watcher.on('all', (event, path) => {
@@ -121,6 +119,7 @@ function createWatcher () {
 
 function createGranularWatcher () {
   const nuxt = useNuxt()
+  const isIgnored = createIsIgnored(nuxt)
 
   if (nuxt.options.debug) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ function createGranularWatcher () {
   }
   for (const dir of pathsToWatch) {
     pending++
-    const watcher = chokidarWatch(dir, { ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar, ignoreInitial: false, depth: 0, ignored: [isIgnored, '**/node_modules'] })
+    const watcher = chokidarWatch(dir, { ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar, ignoreInitial: false, depth: 0, ignored: [isIgnored, /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/] })
     const watchers: Record<string, FSWatcher> = {}
 
     watcher.on('all', (event, path) => {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/cache.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/cache.ts
index 3096ecf554..5c24dab590 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/cache.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { mkdir, open, readFile, stat, unlink, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises
 import type { FileHandle } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { isIgnored } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { createIsIgnored } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import type { Nuxt, NuxtConfig, NuxtConfigLayer } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import { hash, murmurHash, objectHash } from 'ohash'
 import { glob } from 'tinyglobby'
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ async function getHashes (nuxt: Nuxt, options: GetHashOptions): Promise<Hashes>
       data: murmurHash(f.data as any /* ArrayBuffer */),
     }))
 
+    const isIgnored = createIsIgnored(nuxt)
     const sourceFiles = await readFilesRecursive(options.cwd(layer), {
       shouldIgnore: isIgnored, // TODO: Validate if works with absolute paths
       cwd: nuxt.options.rootDir,
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts
index 4c7e8d7ada..0a81a15aa2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@ import { resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { watch } from 'chokidar'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
 import { debounce } from 'perfect-debounce'
-import { createResolver, defineNuxtModule, importModule, tryResolveModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
-import {
-  generateTypes,
-  resolveSchema as resolveUntypedSchema,
-} from 'untyped'
+import { createIsIgnored, createResolver, defineNuxtModule, importModule, tryResolveModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { generateTypes, resolveSchema as resolveUntypedSchema } from 'untyped'
 import type { Schema, SchemaDefinition } from 'untyped'
 import untypedPlugin from 'untyped/babel-plugin'
 import { createJiti } from 'jiti'
@@ -71,11 +68,17 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
         logger.warn('Falling back to `chokidar` as `@parcel/watcher` cannot be resolved in your project.')
       }
 
-      const filesToWatch = await Promise.all(nuxt.options._layers.map(layer =>
-        resolver.resolve(layer.config.rootDir, 'nuxt.schema.*'),
-      ))
-      const watcher = watch(filesToWatch, {
+      const isIgnored = createIsIgnored(nuxt)
+      const dirsToWatch = nuxt.options._layers.map(layer => resolver.resolve(layer.config.rootDir))
+      const SCHEMA_RE = /(?:^|\/)nuxt.schema.\w+$/
+      const watcher = watch(dirsToWatch, {
         ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar,
+        depth: 1,
+        ignored: [
+          (path, stats) => (stats && !stats.isFile()) || !SCHEMA_RE.test(path),
+          isIgnored,
+          /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/,
+        ],
         ignoreInitial: true,
       })
       watcher.on('all', onChange)
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
index 4854dc8677..1d669b2eaa 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { addBuildPlugin, addTemplate, addTypeTemplate, defineNuxtModule, isIgnored, resolveAlias, tryResolveModule, updateTemplates, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { addBuildPlugin, addTemplate, addTypeTemplate, createIsIgnored, defineNuxtModule, resolveAlias, tryResolveModule, updateTemplates, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { isAbsolute, join, normalize, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import type { Import, Unimport } from 'unimport'
 import { createUnimport, scanDirExports, toExports } from 'unimport'
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<ImportsOptions>>({
       return IMPORTS_TEMPLATE_RE.test(template.filename)
     }
 
+    const isIgnored = createIsIgnored(nuxt)
     const regenerateImports = async () => {
       await ctx.modifyDynamicImports(async (imports) => {
         // Clear old imports
diff --git a/packages/schema/build.config.ts b/packages/schema/build.config.ts
index ae065512f7..93548a912d 100644
--- a/packages/schema/build.config.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/build.config.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default defineBuildConfig({
     // Type imports
     '@unhead/schema',
     '@vitejs/plugin-vue',
+    'chokidar',
     '@vitejs/plugin-vue-jsx',
     '@vue/language-core',
     'autoprefixer',
diff --git a/packages/schema/package.json b/packages/schema/package.json
index 2d06404dea..88958c1069 100644
--- a/packages/schema/package.json
+++ b/packages/schema/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "@vue/compiler-sfc": "3.5.13",
     "@vue/language-core": "2.2.0",
     "c12": "2.0.1",
+    "chokidar": "4.0.3",
     "compatx": "0.1.8",
     "esbuild-loader": "4.2.2",
     "file-loader": "6.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
index 59848e08dc..8fe1c3183b 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
@@ -519,9 +519,11 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
     /**
      * Options to pass directly to `chokidar`.
      * @see [chokidar](https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar#api)
+     * @type {typeof import('chokidar').ChokidarOptions}
      */
     chokidar: {
       ignoreInitial: true,
+      ignorePermissionErrors: true,
     },
   },
 
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/vite.ts b/packages/vite/src/vite.ts
index d0a9325f8c..7471dbdfd8 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/vite.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
 import * as vite from 'vite'
 import { dirname, join, normalize, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import type { Nuxt, NuxtBuilder, ViteConfig } from '@nuxt/schema'
-import { addVitePlugin, isIgnored, logger, resolvePath, useNitro } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { addVitePlugin, createIsIgnored, logger, resolvePath, useNitro } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import replace from '@rollup/plugin-replace'
 import type { RollupReplaceOptions } from '@rollup/plugin-replace'
 import { sanitizeFilePath } from 'mlly'
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export const bundle: NuxtBuilder['bundle'] = async (nuxt) => {
 
   const { $client, $server, ...viteConfig } = nuxt.options.vite
 
+  const isIgnored = createIsIgnored(nuxt)
   const ctx: ViteBuildContext = {
     nuxt,
     entry,
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ export const bundle: NuxtBuilder['bundle'] = async (nuxt) => {
             },
           },
           watch: {
+            chokidar: { ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar, ignored: [isIgnored, /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/] },
             exclude: nuxt.options.ignore,
           },
         },
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ export const bundle: NuxtBuilder['bundle'] = async (nuxt) => {
           replace({ preventAssignment: true, ...globalThisReplacements }),
         ],
         server: {
-          watch: { ignored: isIgnored },
+          watch: { ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar, ignored: [isIgnored, /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/] },
           fs: {
             allow: [...new Set(allowDirs)],
           },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index cec3e07c94..cf7bc24fc6 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -690,6 +690,9 @@ importers:
       c12:
         specifier: 2.0.1
         version: 2.0.1(magicast@0.3.5)
+      chokidar:
+        specifier: 4.0.3
+        version: 4.0.3
       compatx:
         specifier: 0.1.8
         version: 0.1.8