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8 Friars Wood Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5AZ

3/23/0039/HHHouseholderApproved

Approved on 12 April 2023

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of single storey rear extension, construction of porch, conversion of garage to habitable room, and alterations to fenestration (part retrospective). Proposed raising of roof ridge and 3no. rear dormer windows.

Received
10 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bishops Stortford - All Saints
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated11 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 91 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 8 Friars Wood Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5AZ. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 4 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 5AZ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 January 2023
Last date for comments
12 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Brand Street Hitchin SG5 1HX

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11834068
Documents
9
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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