34 Portland Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3SJ
Refused on 11 October 2022
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of existing rear extensions at ground and first floors. Construction of new replacement rear extensions at ground and first floors, along with general reprofiling of the rear garden.
- Received
- 28 July 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bishops Stortford - Central
- ReceivedReceived28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated28 Jul
- Consult.Consultation9 Sep
- TargetTarget Date22 Sep
- DecidedDecided11 Oct
Decided in 75 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 34 Portland Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3SJ. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 12 days longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area. There have been 3 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 3SJ
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishops Stortford Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 July 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 9 September 2022
- Last date for comments
- 9 September 2022
- Target decision date
- 22 September 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Second Floor Studio 28 Poland Street London W1F 8QP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 September 2022
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 22/00115/REFUSE
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
- 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 (21)
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, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202628 Oct
Installation of therapy pool in rear garden with replacement fencing, retaining walls and landscaping (part…
PendingHouseholder3/26/1494/HH - 202511 Feb
Demolition of rear extension at ground and first floors. Construction of new rear extensions at ground and…
ApprovedHouseholder3/25/0222/HH - 202421 May
Demolition of rear extensions at ground and first floors. Erection of rear extensions at ground and first…
WithdrawnHouseholder3/24/0970/HH
Source: East Hertfordshire
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