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1 The Causeway Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2EN

3/16/2072/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 December 2016

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsPlanning committee

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Proposal

Demolition of offices. Change of use of land to create car park with associated landscaping.

Received
13 September 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Meads
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 83 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 1 The Causeway Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2EN. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 3 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 2EN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2016
Consultation expiry
20 October 2016
Last date for comments
15 December 2016
Committee meeting
7 December 2016
Decision issued
15 December 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Metropolis
Agent address
4 Underwood Row London N1 7LQ

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 October 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05477216
Documents
49
Constraints
8

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: The Water HouseOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Old River Lane, The Causeway, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2ENRegister 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

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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.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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