Waterfront House Station Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BL
Proposal
Demolition of two storey office building and erection of a new four storey residential block consisting of 4 one bedroom flats, 4 two bedroom flats and 1 three bedroom flat, incorporating first floor and second floor rear facing balconies and third floor terrace.
- Received
- 14 June 2023
- Decided
- 14 December 2023 · Refuse
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford Central
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- ReceivedReceived14 Jun
- ValidatedValidated20 Jun
- Consult.Consultation31 Jul
- TargetTarget Date15 Aug
- DecidedDecided14 Dec
Decided in 177 days (council typically 63)
This is a full planning application for demolition at Waterfront House Station Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BL. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 183 days, 18 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Bishop's Stortford Central. We hold 3,090 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.
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- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
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