3, Devoils Lane, Bishops Stortford

3/04/0870/FPFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 30 June 2004

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

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from A1 to A3

Received: 26 April 2004
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Bishops Stortford - Meads

ReceivedReceived26 Apr
ValidatedValidated12 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided30 Jun

Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3, Devoils Lane, Bishops Stortford. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

80% of full 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: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 May 2004
Consultation expiry: 10 June 2004

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 10 June 2004

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 1
Constraints: 5

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
Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
Listed building: Grade II: 15, Market StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more

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, 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.

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Source: East Hertfordshire

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