15-17, North Street, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2LD

3/13/1936/FPFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 4 June 2014

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of 15/17 North Street from A1 (retail) to A3 (restaurant) and single storey rear extension to No.17. The demolition of the existing buildings to the rear of 15-17 North Street and their replacement with a residential development comprising 12no. 2 bed apartments and associated parking.

Received: 1 November 2013
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 1
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Bishops Stortford - Meads
Agent: Pomery Planning Consultants Ltd

ReceivedReceived1 Nov
ValidatedValidated8 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided4 Jun

Decided in 208 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 15-17, North Street, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2LD. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 215 days, 22 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 2LD
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 November 2013
Consultation expiry: 12 December 2013
Committee meeting: 12 March 2014
Decision issued: 5 June 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Pomery Planning Consultants Ltd
Agent address: Abbeygate One, 8, Whitewell Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7DF

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 12 December 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-02981009
Documents: 65
Constraints: 12

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: PearsonsOn or next to this site
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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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside3/13/1937/LB

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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