Health Centre, Market Square, Bishops Stortford, Herts, CM23 3UU
Proposal
Change of use of from health centre (D1) to A3 (restaurant) with storage and staff room over and alterations to the front fenestration
- Received
- 25 September 2013
- Decided
- 20 November 2013 · Grant Plan Permission w Conds
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bishops Stortford - Central
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- ReceivedSubmitted25 Sep
- ValidatedValidated27 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Health Centre, Market Square, Bishops Stortford, Herts, CM23 3UU. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,265 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 3,067 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201721 Feb
Retrospective application to retain the projecting sign attached to the building and steel archway at…
RefusedAdvertisement consent3/17/0434/ADV - 201720 Feb
Retrospective application for the erection of decking, ramp, lighting and water feature.
RefusedFull Application3/17/0418/FUL - 201428 Nov
Internally illuminated projecting sign. (Retrospective)
RefusedAdvertisement consent3/14/2134/AD - 201329 Nov
Single storey rear extension and raising of existing single storey roof, following demolition of lean to store
ApprovedFull Application3/13/2115/FP
Planning constraints
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.
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