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Woodlands Lodge Dunmow Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5QX

3/23/1378/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 April 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of redundant buildings; change of use of site to vehicle depot with open storage area & jet wash area (use class: B8); change of use of bed & breakfast to ancillary offices and storage; external alterations to existing building with new canopies, signage and changes to fenestration; provision of parking spaces for cars, motor cycles and commercial waste vehicles; installation of electric charging points and fuel station; creation of new vehicular access with gates; closure of existing vehicular access; erection of new fencing and associated landscaping works.

Received
19 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bishop's Stortford Parsonage
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 259 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Woodlands Lodge Dunmow Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5QX. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 266 days, 29 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Bishop's Stortford Parsonage. 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 5QX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 July 2023
Consultation expiry
1 September 2023
Last date for comments
9 April 2024
Target decision date
20 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Acorn Cottage Mill Lane Harlow Essex CM17 0LN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11836474
Documents
66
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 13 (Waste Collection Arrangements), 17 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) and 21…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/26/0059/CND
  2. 2023
    19 Jul

    Demolition of redundant buildings; change of use of site to vehicle depot with open storage area & jet wash…

    This applicationApprovedFull3/23/1378/FUL

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