Bircherley Green Shopping Centre Bircherley Green Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BN
Proposal
Mixed-use redevelopment, including partial demolition of existing buildings, to provide up to 4,602.5 sqm retail floorspace (Use Classes A1 to A5), an 86-bed hotel (Use Class C1), 56 residential flats (Use Class C3), 1,471 sqm office floorspace (Use Class B1a), alterations and refurbishment to an existing car park to provide 143 pay and display, 14 office, 26 residential and 5 car club (total of 188) parking spaces, enhancement of bus station facilities, new public realm and landscaping to riverside, and associated works and improvements - Amendment to Planning Permission Ref 3/17/0392/FUL approved on 5th January 2018 (Revisions to Building B).
- Received
- 8 October 2018
- Decided
- 10 June 2019 · Application Withdrawn by Applicant/Agent
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 9
- Ward
- Hertford - Castle
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- ReceivedSubmitted8 Oct
- ValidatedValidated27 Nov
- Consult.Consultation8 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided10 Jun
Decided in 195 days (council typically 63)
This is a full planning application for demolition at Bircherley Green Shopping Centre Bircherley Green Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BN. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,265 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 245 days, 27 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,834 applications in total for the SG14 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Hertford
- Brownfield land register: 8 – 12 Bull Plain, Hertford, SG14 1DTRegister site at or near this address
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