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4, Masterman Wharf, The Causeway, Bishop's Stortford, CM232DN

3/04/0206/CLCertificate of LawfulnessApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 25 March 2004

Council decision: Grant Plan PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Existing use of the entire property for residential purposes only

Received
2 February 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 52 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 4, Masterman Wharf, The Causeway, Bishop's Stortford, CM232DN. East Hertfordshire has handled 13,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 11 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM23 2DN
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2004

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford

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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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, ancient woodland, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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