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1-3-5, Station Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3BJ

3/04/1897/FPFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 27 October 2004

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use from A1 (retail) to A3 (food and drink) at Nos. 1 & 3 Station Road and alterations to Nos.1, 3 & 5 to form new restaurant.

Received
13 September 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Meads
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 37 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1-3-5, Station Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3BJ. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.

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

Postcode
CM23 3BJ
Application type
Full Application
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2004
Consultation expiry
21 October 2004
Decision issued
28 October 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
18, Grenville Gardens, Woodford Green, IG8 7AG

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 October 2004
Site notice end
21 October 2004

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

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© 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.

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Source: East Hertfordshire

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