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2 - 6 Dane Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BX

3/16/1962/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 20 October 2016

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Former Car Showroom (Sui-Generis) to A1 Retail (Retrospective).

Received
30 August 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Meads
Agent
Planning Guys
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated30 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 - 6 Dane Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BX. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 12 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 2 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 3BX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 August 2016
Consultation expiry
6 October 2016
Last date for comments
6 October 2016
Committee meeting
28 November 2017
Decision issued
24 October 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Guys
Agent address
7c West Street Ewell KT17 1UZ Surrey

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 October 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05446542
Documents
10
Constraints
7

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 Stortford
  • Listed building: Grade II: 8, Dane StreetOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: The Mill Site, Dane Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3XZRegister site at or near this address

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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