Bishops Stortford Goods Yard Station Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BL
Proposal
A hybrid planning application for the comprehensive redevelopment of the 5.82 ha Goods Yard site for mixed use purposes comprising - 586 residential units (Use Class C3); 3,004sqm of office floorspace (Use Class B1); 1,001sqm of retail floorspace (Use Class A1-A4); 491sqm of dual / alternative use retail and health care floorspace (Use Classes A1-A4 / D1); 85 bed hotel (Use Class C1); a care home comprising up to 55 units (Use Class C2); a new link road through the site connecting Station Road /Dane Street with London Road; two multi-storey station car parks (966 spaces); new cycle parking; car parking for the residential development; improvements to the Bishops Stortford transport interchange; new and altered access points from the adopted highway network; and associated landscaping and public realm works. The full application; Development up to 6 storeys in height providing 323 residential units (139 x 1bed units, 175 x 2bed units, 8 x 3bed units and 1x4 bed units use class C3 ), 3004 sq m of office space (use class B1), 1001 sq m of retail floorspace (use classes A1-A4), 491 sqm of dual / alternative use retail and health floorspace ( Use classes A1- A4/D1), a 4 storey 85 bed hotel ( use Class C1), a new link road through the site connecting Station Road/Dane Street with London Road, one 6 storey ( 401 space) multi storey station car park, new cycle parking, 153 car parking spaces for the residential development. The outline application ( all matters reserved except for access) comprises: 263 residential units (Use Class C3); a care home comprising up to 55 units (Use Class C2); one multi-storey station car park; new cycle parking; car parking for the residential development; and associated landscaping and public realm works.
- Received
- 3 November 2017
- Decided
- 18 July 2018 · Grant Plan Permission w Conds
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 87
- Ward
- Bishops Stortford - Central
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- ReceivedReceived3 Nov
- ValidatedValidated22 Nov
- Consult.Consultation19 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided18 Jul
Decided in 238 days (council typically 63)
This is an outline application at Bishops Stortford Goods Yard Station Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BL. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type and approves 75% of them, typically deciding them in 53 days. This one was decided in 257 days, 29 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's median. There have been 11 other applications at this address. We hold 3,090 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bishop's StortfordPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: The Goods Yard, Station Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3BLRegister 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 (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.
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