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Brake Bros Foodservice Ltd Dunmow Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5PA

3/16/1067/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 September 2016

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from B8 (storage and distribution) to B2 (Food Production) with alterations and extensions to the South West and South East elevations.

Received
9 May 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Bishops Stortford - All Saints
  1. Received9 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 114 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Brake Bros Foodservice Ltd Dunmow Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5PA. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 9 weeks 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 5PA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2016
Consultation expiry
30 June 2016
Last date for comments
15 September 2016
Committee meeting
14 September 2016
Decision issued
15 September 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans
Agent address
5 Bolton Street London W1J8BA

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 June 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05089769
Documents
34
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part 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 (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.

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Source: East Hertfordshire

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