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Basbow Cottage, Basbow Lane, Bishops Stortford, CM232NA

3/06/1888/LCConservation Area ConsentApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 16 November 2006

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

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Proposal

Removal of approx 3.5 metres of 1990's brick wall to roadside

Received
26 September 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Meads
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Basbow Cottage, Basbow Lane, Bishops Stortford, CM232NA. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,410 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 12 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.

84% of heritage 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 2NA
Application type
Conservation Area Consent
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2006
Consultation expiry
2 November 2006
Committee meeting
23 February 2019
Decision issued
20 November 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
Bidwell House, Trumpington Road, Cambridge, CB2 2LD

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 November 2006

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Footstep CottageOn this site · +2 more
  • 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 (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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    26 Sep

    Creation of parking space within garden area, reconstruction of brick retaining wall topped by railing.

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside3/06/1887/FP
  2. 2006
    26 Sep

    Removal of approx 3.5 metres of 1990's brick wall to roadside

    This applicationApprovedHeritage3/06/1888/LC

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