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38 North Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LW

3/23/0239/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 28 July 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Roof extension & alterations to create a second floor comprising 2 x one bedroom flats, part change of use of ground and first floor from class E (shop) to C3 (residential), two storey rear extension including new bin store and new entrance door to south elevation.

Received
7 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bishops Stortford - Meads
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 171 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 38 North Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LW. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 171 days, 15 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. 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 2LW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2023
Consultation expiry
16 March 2023
Last date for comments
28 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
18 Linton Close Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3BU

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 March 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/00010/REFUSE
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3336977
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 October 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11917152
Documents
45
Constraints
10

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: Stead and Simpson Ashwell and ChambersOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: First and Second Floors, 42 North Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2LRRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

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 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.

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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