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1-3 High Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LS

3/17/0728/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 15 May 2017

Council decision: Application Withdrawn by Applicant/Agent

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail to create 2 no. dwellings at first floor. Creation of two shops at ground floor, incorporating the cellar

Received
24 March 2017
Public comments
4
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Central
Agent
Donald Purkiss & Associates LLP
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1-3 High Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LS. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 52 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 2LS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2017
Consultation expiry
4 May 2017
Last date for comments
18 May 2017
Committee meeting
4 May 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Donald Purkiss & Associates LLP
Agent address
King Street Saffron Walden CB10 1HE

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 May 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05937985
Documents
16
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1-3, High StreetOn this site · +4 more
  • 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, 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.

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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    24 Mar

    Change of use from retail to create 2 no. dwellings at first floor. Creation of two shops at ground floor…

    This applicationWithdrawnFull3/17/0728/FUL
  2. 2017
    24 Mar

    Change of use from retail to create 2 no. dwellings at first floor. Creation of two shops at ground floor…

    WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongside3/17/0729/LBC

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