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Nicholls Lodge South Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3AL

3/15/2583/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 March 2016

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Sub division of existing ground floor unit to form two separate units known as Unit 2a and Unit 2b. Change of use of Unit 2b to D1 use (dental practice).

Received
29 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Central
Agent
DDPC Limited
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Nicholls Lodge South Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3AL. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 8 days longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3AL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2016
Last date for comments
12 February 2016
Committee meeting
1 January 2018
Decision issued
10 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
DDPC Limited
Agent address
PO Box 70118 Finchley London N12 2DY

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04722143
Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Bishop's StortfordPart of 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)

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.

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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© 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

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    21 Jul

    Alteration and widening of entrance door

    ApprovedFull Application3/17/1718/FUL
  2. 2017
    11 Jul

    Installation of Bank of Ireland ATM on front elevation.

    ApprovedFull Application3/17/1630/FUL
  3. 2016
    26 Jan

    Regularisation of 3 advertising flags.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent3/16/0179/ADV
  4. 2013
    24 Sep

    Non-material amendments to 3/12/2154/FP

    ApprovedNon-material amendment3/13/1729/MA
  5. 2006
    24 Jan

    Demolition of existing buildings

    RefusedConservation Area Consent3/06/0168/LC
  6. 2006
    24 Jan

    Demolition of existing buildings and erection of eighteen residential units and one class A1 shop with…

    RefusedFull Application3/06/0132/FP

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