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Birchwood High School, Parsonage Lane, Bishops Stortford

3/04/0113/CCConsultation with County PlanningApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 June 2004

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

ERECTION OF NEW RESOURCE CENTRE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TEACHING SPACE

Received
19 January 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bishops Stortford - All Saints
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 149 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Birchwood High School, Parsonage Lane, Bishops Stortford. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 12 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

79% of outline applications at East Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Consultation with County Planning
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2004

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: East HertfordshireNext to the site
  • Ancient woodland: Birchanger WoodNext to the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: East Hertfordshire

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