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Land Between Farnham Road & Hazel End Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 1JJ

3/13/1501/OPOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 20 March 2015

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Urban extension comprising 329 new dwellings (of a range of sizes, types and tenures, including affordable housing), including a site for a one-form-entry primary school, and public open and amenity space, together with associated landscaping, access, highways (including footpaths and cycleways), parking, drainage (including a foul water pumping station), utilities and service infrastructure works (no matters reserved for Phase 1 (130 dwellings), all matters reserved except for access for Phase 2 onwards - AMENDED SCHEME

Received
16 August 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Meads
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 570 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Land Between Farnham Road & Hazel End Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 1JJ. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 581 days, 74 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 1JJ
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
329
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2013
Consultation expiry
27 November 2014
Last date for comments
23 March 2015
Committee meeting
16 March 2015

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Chells Manor Chells Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 7AA

Planning decision

Case officer
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Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 November 2014

Appeal

Appeal status
Withdrawn
Appeal result
Appeal Withdrawn

Additional information

Documents
181
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    3 Nov

    Discharge of Condition 16 (SuDS management and maintainence plan) attached to 3/18/0652/OUT

    PendingDischarge of conditionsX/26/0485/CND
  2. 2021
    3 Jun

    The realignment of the boundary wall to Plot 98 as a Non-Material Amendment to planning approval 3/17/1716/REM

    ApprovedNon-material amendment3/21/1497/NMA
  3. 2020
    14 Jan

    A non-material amendment to planning consent 3/16/1897/REM

    ApprovedNon-material amendment3/20/0065/NMA
  4. 2019
    11 Jun

    Residential development for 50 dwellings comprising one to four bedroom dwellings, including affordable…

    ApprovedMajor Full Application3/19/1237/FUL
  5. 2019
    23 Apr

    Screening Opinion for Residential development for 50 dwellings comprising of one to four bedroom dwellings…

    ApprovedScreening Opinion3/19/0847/SCREEN
  6. 2017
    21 Jul

    Reserved matters relating to Phase B housing development for 128 dwellings, including details of access…

    ApprovedReserved matters3/17/1716/REM

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