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37 Elm Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2SS

3/23/2267/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 February 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of 3 bed bungalow and erection of detached 1.5 storey, 4 bed dwelling. Removal of front hedge and replacement with 1.2m fence. Construction of rear patio and installation of air source heat pump.

Received
29 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Bishop's Stortford North
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.18 Jan
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 58 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 37 Elm Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2SS. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 2 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Bishop's Stortford North. 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 2SS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2023
Last date for comments
18 January 2024
Target decision date
14 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Alpha House 10 Carver Street Sheffield S1 4FS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12639376
Documents
20
Constraints
3

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

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© 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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