123-127, South Street, Bishops Stortford
Refused on 5 January 2005
Council decision: RefusePlanning committee
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Proposal
Demolish existing car showroom & erection of 3No. houses & 21No. flats with car parking.
- Received
- 1 November 2004
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Bishops Stortford - Central
- ReceivedReceived1 Nov
- ValidatedValidated1 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Jan
Decided in 65 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 123-127, South Street, Bishops Stortford. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days. 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
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 21
- Parish
- Bishops Stortford Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 November 2004
- Consultation expiry
- 2 December 2004
- Committee meeting
- 5 January 2005
- Decision issued
- 13 January 2005
- Decision published
- 7 January 2005
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 36, Orford Road, London, E17 9NJ
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 December 2004
- Site notice end
- 2 December 2004
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Bishop's StortfordNext 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 (21)
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202515 Dec
Certificate of Lawfulness for retention of caretaker's flat as independent dwelling
ApprovedCL Existing Operations3/25/1942/CLEO - 20189 Feb
Use of the Caretakers Flat as a single dwelling.
RefusedCertificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev3/18/0293/CLE - 200619 May
Erection of 20 No. flats and 3 No. houses with car parking
ApprovedFull Application3/06/0972/FP - 200514 Mar
Demolition of existing car showroom and erection of 20 No. flats and 3 No. houses with car parking
RefusedFull Application3/05/0495/FP - 20049 Jul
Demolition of existng car showroom & erection of 3no. houses, 21no. flats with on site parking.
WithdrawnFull Application3/04/1434/FP
Source: East Hertfordshire
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- 123-127, South Street, Bishops Stortford, CM23 3AS3/05/0495/FP · FullRefused0.0 mi
- 123-127, South Street, Bishops Stortford, CM23 3AS3/06/0972/FP · FullApproved0.0 mi
- 123-127, South Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM233AR3/04/1434/FP · FullWithdrawn0.0 mi
- Caretakers Flat St Augustine Court Wharf Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3GE3/25/1942/CLEO · AmendmentApproved0.0 mi
- St Augustine Court Wharf Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3GE3/18/0293/CLE · AmendmentRefused0.0 mi
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