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First And Second Floors 42 North Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LR

3/16/1630/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 November 2016

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

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Extensions and alterations to building to facilitate change of use of Hairdresser/Beautician Salon into 4no 1 bedroomed flats and 1no 2 bedroomed flat, formation of new ground floor retail unit.

Received
18 July 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Meads
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 104 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at First And Second Floors 42 North Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LR. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 7 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. 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 2LR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2016
Consultation expiry
1 September 2016
Last date for comments
2 November 2016
Committee meeting
2 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3C Brocket Road Hoddesdon Herts EN11 8NZ

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 September 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05327911
Documents
15
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
  • Brownfield land register: First and Second Floors, 42 North Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2LRRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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