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1-3 High Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LS

3/17/1472/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 August 2017

Council decision: Grant Consent w Conds (LBC & ADV)Delegated (officer decision)

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 and insertion of new window.

Received
23 June 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Central
Agent
Donald Purkiss & Associates LLP
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 1-3 High Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LS. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,410 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. 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.

84% of heritage 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
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2017
Consultation expiry
10 August 2017
Last date for comments
10 August 2017
Committee meeting
25 October 2017
Decision issued
17 August 2017

Applicant and agent

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

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 August 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06174888
Documents
16
Constraints
7

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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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    23 Jun

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

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside3/17/1471/FUL
  2. 2017
    23 Jun

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

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent3/17/1472/LBC

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